Georgia woman goes to the bar. Then someone slips something in her drink: ‘I went out with someone that I trust a lot’
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This story references drug-facilitated assault and violence.
People have almost always associated danger with nightlife, and the scene isn't necessarily getting safer.
In the United States, an estimated 12% of women report being sexually assaulted while incapacitated by drugs and alcohol. Assaults are also statistically more likely to happen during the night and on the weekends, according to RAINN. That makes roofieing, or drug-facilitated assault, a present reality for many women. One woman is going viral after she shared her experience.
‘I feel like I was drugged'
In a video first posted on April 29, Georgia content creator Linzy (@linzy86c10 on TikTok) shared a harrowing experience she had when someone allegedly drugged her. The video has more than 139,000 views.
“Okay, so I've been trying to decide if I was going to share this or not, but I think it's kind of important that I do,” Linzy said at the start of her video. “So, Friday night, I went out, and I went with somebody that I trust a lot… I was slipped a date rape drug. From about 11 p.m. until… 9:30 [a.m.] the next morning, I don't remember anything that happened.”
Linzy said she had zero recollection of getting home. All she knew was that when she came to, she was in a location different from that of her last clear memory. Her pants were still on “the way [she] would have … put them on.” But she also realized she'd at some point changed shirts, as she was “wearing a completely different top. That's ‘what alerted [her] in the first place.'”
Linzy knew she'd been drinking, but had only had around three drinks. She felt alarmed by the massive gap in her memory.
“I was like, ‘This isn't like me, that's weird,'” Linzy recalled. “‘I feel like I was drugged.' And so I went to Walmart and I bought a drug test. And they sell drug tests that test for, like, 14 different drugs. So I bought that one because I didn't know what [the drug in my drink] was. And I passed the drug test for every single drug except for one.”
A drug test comes back positive
Linzy's drug test came up positive for MDMA, a stimulant and hallucinogen also known as “molly” or “ecstasy.” MDMA can cause short-term memory problems, is sometimes used as a date rape drug. According to one PubMed study, the drug has been found “in samples taken from sexual assault victims.”
Following this drug test result, Linzy returned to the establishment she'd been drinking at the previous night to inform the owner she'd been drugged without her knowledge—and that her memory had gone dark.
Linzy turns to institutions. Then she struggles
“The first thing he asks is like, ‘Did you take a drug test?'” Linzy said. “I was like, ‘Yes, I did.' I literally pulled the cup with my piss in it out of my purse. Like, ‘It's right here. I failed for MDMA … and I don't do drugs. Everything else on the drug test is negative.'”
The owner then told Linzy he'd need “a couple hours” to scour camera footage from his establishment. He advised Linzy to verify that “the Walmart-bought drug test would hold up in court” should the offender be caught. So, Linzy went to the emergency room to get tested again.
A hospital physician assistant (PA) who checked Linzy's vitals seemed more concerned about whether Linzy got assaulted. She did not seem concerned about the spiking by itself.
“I was like, ‘No, I didn't … but I did get drugged,'” Linzy recalled telling the PA. “‘I need to take a test so that if we catch this guy, I can press charges and I don't have to worry about him getting off, right?' And she's like … ‘Okay well, we don't test for that here.'”
The PA only ran a urine sample for Linzy. It only tested for common drugs such as marijuana, methamphetamines, and opioids. As Linzy had only tested positive for MDMA, this was not exactly helpful. After that, she decided to file a police report.
“And he took my report, but … they're like, ‘The chances of us catching this person is slim to none,'” Linzy said. “And nobody seems real confident in it, and it just sucks … I live in a small town. Like, you don't hear about stuff like this happening. And so I didn't think that it would ever happen to me. But then it did happen to me.”
Frustration at the system
Linzy expressed frustration at the lack of support she received, even though she pursued all the necessary avenues to seek justice and aid.
“I feel like the people that are supposed to help you if something like this happens. For example, the freaking PA at the hospital. They didn't give a [expletive],” Linzy said. “And there's nothing to protect women. And it's just, it's freaking wrong … There's no support, there's no protection, there's no anything.”
Linzy said while the owner didn't end up seeing anything in the security footage he looked at, he was going to give her a flash drive of said footage so she could double-check. She also sent her Walmart drug test to the company's lab “and have their lab test it … so that [she] could get some concrete proof that way.”
Linzy finished her video with a warning to other women, citing the unexpected nature of her experience and the lack of support she received in its wake.
“Even if you think that it can't happen to you, I assure you that it can,” Linzy concluded. “So be careful.”
How to tell if someone spiked your drink
U.S. law firms like Mase Seitz Briggs recommend that victims who suspect their drinks got spiked immediately seek medical attention. The firm specifically recommends keeping documentation and consulting with an attorney in the aftermath of an incident to seek legal justice.
Different areas of the United States have different legal expectations regarding drugging-related offenses. For instance, a person can be prosecuted for drugging in the state of Georgia according to Ghanayem & Rayasam. But prosecutors would have to prove the assailant had the intention to commit a felony act. In a situation where the assailant did not commit any felonies in the aftermath of the encounter, the case would likely get dismissed.
In the United Kingdom, drugging someone without their consent is considered a crime. The British Transport Police (BTP) acknowledged that “it can be difficult to know if your drink has been spiked,” but they strongly advised victims to “get help straight away” if a person “feel[s] strange or like [they've] had more alcohol to drink [than they] actually have.”
Buzz News has reached out to Linzy via TikTok comment.
@linzy86c10 If you see something, say something. If you think it will never happen to you, it can & it will. NO ONE IS EXEMPT FROM THE EVILS IN THIS WORLD. STAY SAFE LADIES. GO OUT IN GROUPS & PAY ATTENTION TO WHATS HAPPENING AROUND YOU. MDMA
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