Drug and alcohol facilitated sexual assault - Briefing - Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault (ACSSA)
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I n recent years, the problem of drug and alcohol facilitated sexual assault has been receiving increased attention in Australia from sexual assault service providers, police, and law reform bodies. However, media interest in this issue has largely been restricted to the specific problem of “drink spiking”, and generally understood to involve the covert addition of an illicit substance to a drink in order to facilitate sexual assault. In July this year, a media debate erupted around whether drink spiking was at “epidemic” levels, or just an “urban myth”.
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