Flutterby™! : Drink spiking myth

A study in The British Journal of Criminology suggests that "drink spiking" is a fear far more prevalent than actually occurs:

The research team, led by Dr Adam Burgess from the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent, set out to investigate why there was such a pervasive belief when systematic police investigations have found no evidence that drink spiking is commonly implicated in sexual assaults. The researchers surveyed and interviewed students in three UK locations and one in the USA about the threat. They discovered that female students regularly judged certain 'bad-night-out episodes' (loss of memory, blackouts, ill feeling and dizziness) as likely to be related to tampering of drinks rather than the quantity of alcohol consumed.

So if you think your drink was spiked, there's a good chance you've simply been drinking too much and can't hold your liquor. Telegraph rewrite of the press release, Via Sensible Erection. And the article, which I haven't read.