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.ORWICH POLICE HAVE STATED THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS IN THE ,#2 OF hSPIKED BEVERAGESv IN THE WEEK COMMENCING TH *ANUARY /NE OF THE VICTIMS UNDERWENT A MEDICAL EXAMINATION WHICH CON l RMED THE SUSPICION 5NFORTUNATELY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ISOLATE THE SPE CIl C SUBSTANCE THAT WAS USED SINCE SO CALLED @DATE RAPE DRUGS DISSOLVE IN THE BODY VERY QUICKLY #ONFRONTED WITH THESE FACTS 4OM 3UTTON 7ELFARE /Fl CER DE CLARED THAT hTHE ,#2 AND THE 5NION "ARS ARE STILL AMONG THE SAFEST PLACES TO DRINK IN THE WHOLE CITY SO DON T LET IT WORRY YOU JUST REMEMBER TO BE A BIT CAUTIOUS AND VIGILANT WHEN YOU RE OUTv (E IS NOT WRONG !CCORD ING TO THE 2OOl E &OUNDATION WHICH DEALS WITH DRINK SPIKING DRUG RAP ING AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN THERE WERE REPORTED CASES OF SPIKED DRINKS IN THE 3OUTH %AST IN 'REATER ,ONDON IN THE -IDLANDS AND ONLY IN %AST !NGLIA )N RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENCES OF DRINK SPIKING !NDY 0OTT 'EN ERAL -ANAGER OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS TOLD #ONCRETE THAT hWE IMMEDIATELY PUT UP A NUMBER OF POSTERS WARNING CUSTOMERS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR DRINKS AND REPORT ANY
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SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES TO OUR SECURITY STAFF 4HE SAME MESSAGE WAS ALSO DISPLAYED ON THE SCREENS IN THE 0UB "LUE "AR (IVE AND ,#2v 4ALKING TO SOME STUDENTS MANY COMPLAINED THAT THE POSTERS ARE NOT EASY TO READ OWING TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH INFORMA TION WITH A TOO SMALL FONT 3TUDENTS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT ALONG WITH THIS THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON PROPAGATING THE USE OF @3PIKEYS STOPPERS THAT PREVENT DRINKS FROM BEING SPIKED 4HEY SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT AWARE NESS REMAINS HIGH AMONGST THE STU
DENTS WHICH WOULD ALSO SERVE TO DISCOURAGE POSSIBLE ATTACKERS (OWEVER COMMON CLUB RULES SUCH AS BANNING DRINKS ON THE DANCE m OOR OR OFF THE PREMISES LEAD MANY PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR DRINKS UNAT TENDED AND ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER IT "UT IN MOST CASES THIS MUCH NEEDED SOME ONE NEVER APPEARS !CCORDING TO 4HE 'UARDIAN ONE IN FOUR YOUNG WOMEN HAS HAD THEIR DRINKS SPIKED 4HE MOST COMMON SUBSTANCES ARE EITHER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SUCH AS MUSCLE RELAXANTS OR MOST OFTEN A SLEEP INDUCING DRUG CALLED 2OHYP
NOL /THER POSSIBLE STIMULANTS COM MONLY USED ARE ILLICIT DRUGS SUCH AS %CSTASY AND ,3$ !FTER HAVING BEEN SPIKED WITH THESE DRINKS DON T LOOK OR TASTE ANY DIFFERENT BUT RECIPIENTS FEEL EX TREMELY DRUNK AND OUT OF CONTROL EVEN WHEN DRINKING COMPARATIVELY LITTLE /NCE SOMEONE S DRINK HAS BEEN SPIKED THE EFFECT KICKS IN AF TER ABOUT TO MINUTES 6ICTIMS LOSE CONTROL OVER THEIR ACTIONS BUT THEIR BODIES STILL FUNCTION RELATIVELY WELL 4HIS IS ALSO WHY IT IS HARD TO PROVE FOR INSTANCE AN ENSUING RAPE SINCE WITNESSES STATE THAT THE VICTIM FOLLOWED HIS OR HER ASSAILANT VOLUN TARILY 5%! ASIDE THE DANGERS OF THIS TREND ARE STILL PRESENT WITHIN THE CITY AS ANOTHER RECENT CASE DEMON STRATES !FTER HAVING ONLY ONE GLASS OF WHITE WINE IN A POPULAR NIGHTCLUB IN .ORWICH S CENTRE A 5%! STUDENT REPORTED THAT SHE FELT EXTRAORDINARILY DRUNK AND l NDS IT HARD TO REMEM BER ANYTHING SHE DID THAT NIGHT 3YMPTOMS OF HAVING CONSUMED A SPIKED DRINK ARE EXTREME DIZZI NESS DIFl CULTIES WITH TALKING SICK LYNESS AND IN EXTREME CASES VOM ITING )F YOU EXPERIENCE THESE AND BELIEVE YOUR DRINK MAY HAVE BEEN SPIKED YOU SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE HELP FROM THE MANAGER OF THE CLUB OR A FRIEND YOU ABSOLUTELY TRUST
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(3"%6"5*0/ ,AURA 'REEN 2EPORTER 'RADUATION IS A MEMORABLE DAY FOR ANY STUDENT YET 5%! S VENUE IS WHERE MANY STUDENTS HAVE SAT THEIR l NAL EX AMS 4HE #ONGREGATION (ALL USED TO BE A GYM AND IS NOW THE PLACE WHERE EX AMS ARE TAKEN EVEN SOME LECTURES TAKE PLACE THERE )T WAS BUILT AS A TEMPORARY BUILDING AND SO WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE SPECTACULAR YET IT IS STILL THE SETTING OF 5%! STUDENTS l NAL MEMORIES OF THEIR UNIVERSITY LIFE 4HERE ARE VARIOUS OTHER VENUES IN .ORWICH IN WHICH MANY OF THE STU DENTS WOULD RATHER GRADUATE 4HE CA THEDRAL IS ONE OPTION ALTHOUGH SOME WOULD PREFER A MORE SECULAR ENVIRON MENT !NOTHER CHOICE WOULD BE 3T !N DREW S (ALL WHERE THE STUDENTS FROM .ORWICH 5NIVERSITY #OLLEGE OF THE !RTS GRADUATE 3UZANNE #LARK A GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE TOLD #ONCRETE ABOUT HOW MUCH SIGNIl CANCE THE LOCATION OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONY HOLDS 3HE SAID THAT IT WAS A LOT NICER TO BE ABLE TO CEL EBRATE SUCH A SPECIAL DAY IN A BUILDING THAT HELD NO MEMORIES OF EXAMS OR LEC TURES AND GAVE THE DAY A MUCH MORE GRAND FEELING .ICOLA 'REEN GRADUATED FROM 5%! LAST SUMMER AND THE CEREMONY WAS HELD IN #ONGREGATION (ALL 3HE SAYS h'RADUATING IN MY EXAM HALL REALLY MEANT THAT THE DAY WASN T MADE TO FEEL AS SPECIAL AS IT COULD HAVE )T BROUGHT #ONTINUED ON P
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