I used to be a bartender and cocktail waitress before I settled down and I'm not exaggerating when I say this happened every. single. night. to at least one person. We usually managed to catch it before it was consumed, or right afterward. Over the course of 5 years at everything from family restaurants to dive bars I saw it happen to mostly women or men that came alone. Even at a restaurant or really anywhere other than home, I monitor my drinks and food, watch them being made when possible, and stay glued to the side of my family. Be suspicious. It's worth being "rude" to save your life.

I got drugged once. I was at a local bar, and it was packed that day. I coincidentally ordered the same drink that a girl right next to me ordered, and we laughed and talked about it for a few minutes. I got up to use the restroom while the drinks were being made, and she turned back towards her friends group. When I came back, there were two identical drinks on the counter, and it looks like she hadn't noticed they were there yet, so I just picked one up and drank it. These drugs act fast. I didn't know my elbow from the webs of my toes 10 minutes later, and by the time you realize something isn't right, it's too late for you to really do anything about it without help. I came in alone. I woke up in the hospital, laying in a bed with an i.v. drip. The bar had cc tv, and a guy walked by and dusted the drink I picked up. I guess the guy thought both drinks were hers, since nobody was sitting next to her, while I was in the bathroom. I got to see myself decline and blank out, smacking my head on the floor, and then getting picked up on a stretcher. They caught that guy, fortunately. Be careful, people.

Don't take open drinks fron ANYBODY. Don't put it down. Never drink alone. Don't break from the group.

I'm liking every single commenter who provides a descriptive, life-changing story about how they've been a victim. It's incredibly insightful to read, you guys are true champs and are inspirational teachers to us all. I don't usually say this to anyone because it sounds cheesy, but in my eyes you are strong for still being alive dealing with that. It makes me feel dejected that you are forced to carry this trauma for life, and it's something I'm terrified of happening to myself or anyone close to me. You serve as great examples, bring the dark things to light, and you get to as freely as you wish vent about it. We are listening.

My friend got drugged and when she asked for help the bouncers and staff wouldn't believe her. They thought she was just drunk but she was driving that night and didn't drink any alcohol. Two of us were with her thank god and called an ambulance, she reacted badly to the drug and was struggling to breathe , she eventually made a full recovery. Scary thing is it was the bartender, it was a very popular nightclub too. He was charged by police but I'm not sure if the rest of the staff's indifference was because they knew it was him or they really just didn't care if someone was in need of help 🤷‍♀️

I was drugged at a house party. I got so tired after just a glass of wine from one of my friends. I vaguely remember one guy saying “good night” as I was offered my friends bed to sleep and everyone laughing. I don’t know what they did. I have no memories and I’m probably grateful for that.

That’s something I wish everyone tried, protecting their beverages, even if it has a lid. There will always be crazy people, when you least expect it.

I was drugged and robbed. Suggesting someone call 911 really isn’t practical. By the time you start to feel a little loopy it’s too late. You’re already in Lala land. I have almost no memory starting 15 minutes after the one drink I had. Not only that, I was euphoric. I have small flashes of laughing and trying to tell a story. I would not have thought I needed to call the police. If you’re going out best thing to do is tell someone you trust and who knows you well to check on you. That way they can intervene if they suspect you’re drugged. Aside from that just do everything in your power to avoid it, but sometimes that is still not enough.

I’m not the kind of person who goes to bars or even drinks alcohol, so I should be in the clear. Still, this is very useful information to have just in case.

A buddy of mine (a dude) got drugged at a bar recently. Luckily he left immediately after downing the drink that was laced so those responsible didn't seem to have a chance to get to him (that we tell, at least). He also called me to pick him up as he was leaving. That's the last thing he remembers though. The next several hours are blank for him. He got real confused and couldn't tell me where he was to pick him up. It's the downtown of his home city that he knew well but kept getting confused as to where he was. Started freaking out pretty good too. Took me nearly 40 minutes to find him. Picked him up and had him start pounding down some water. He didn't appear drunk, he was pretty aware and cognizant. Hand-eye coordination was fine. He could hold a conversation, mostly. Seemed to kinda forget anything that happened more than 10 minutes ago like a rolling memory block. Got him back to his apartment and he didn't recognize his own living room. Kept asking where he was. Four hours or so in, he paused for a moment (he'd been talking through most the night). It was like a fog lifted from his eyes. First thing he said was "How did I get here?". He only ever left his drink to hit the restroom. Crazy stuff. Not a good time. Don't recommend.

How to avoid drugging: I almost exclusively drink from soda cans and that means I finish it in one go. This means it can’t actually BE spiked because I’m literally drinking it when I open it, if I want water I get a glass at a bar or somewhere else and sit down and enjoy it. Never leave your drink unobserved, if you do it’s safer to just get a new one

I remember this happened in my town’s club. A couple got their drinks spiked. The girl threw up and had a seizure, and the boy jumped outside the second floor’s window and hit his head on the concrete near the church.

I think everyone should be aware of this, mostly women. I have seen way too many times my close female friends talk about how they thought someone almost drugged them, or tried to do so at a bar. Stay safe everyone.

Good information to know - always stay cautious!!

This was an incredibly interesting episode. I’ve heard mention of this particular drug, but thought it had remained fairly isolated to South America. It’s terrifying to think it’s even used at all. Thanks for the informative video! Keep’s coming! :)

I think I was drugged by someone I trusted. Thought something was wrong and left immediately. Blacked out and was woken up by police officers and arrested. Watch your drinks around everyone or simply drink alone and at home.

This is something I've already solved with a common sense move and I still live through every party: "never take a drink from someone who's offered it 2 u without rhyme/reason, if you can do it- buy/make it yourself"

I have a strong hunch I was drugged on a first date. Was invited to her home, she offered me a beer. As we're sitting at the table I started to feel weird, very weird. It came creeping in. I can readily recall a rapid heart rate, slightly fuzzy thinking, increadingly heavy breathing and broke out into a sweat. She was not at all surprised by my odd behavior and offered me a spare room. I immediately said I need to step out for some fresh air. Made a lowkey bee line to the front door and stepped out. Put my shoes on out there. She came out and made some reaslly sus comments but I just acted as cordial and embarrassed as possible and left. Still dont know for sure. But it was the strangest experience Ive had in a long while. And I was more than an hour from home. Was afraid to drive, but being in the boondocks I felt compelled. Not even sure about sharing this.. but my gut tells me it was something. And hopefully someone can take something positive from this.

Thanks for the awareness infographics! Let’s normalize protecting our own beverage 👌🏻

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO. Someone tried to roofie my ex and I still wish I would have hurt them for it. This will help so many people.

Let’s all hope this just never happens.

Always bring your own drink.

I wish I knew this when I was roofied… I went to a bar with four friends. One of them bought a round for the group, and because the bar was so crowded and I was standing behind my friend group when he ordered, I was the last in the friend group to get my drink. I wasn’t even able to hear what my friend ordered for us, and when I made my way to the counter, there were two full drinks sitting next to each other, both the same color. After choosing one of the two drinks and finishing it, I remember running into my club baseball teammate at the bar who recently broke his ankle. I talked to him about his injury, and then there’s a three hour gap that’s just… missing. No recollection of what happened at all. Apparently in this time gap, my friend group and I went to two other bars. At the one bar, I was later told that I lost my balance while playing pool and knocked a full shot tray out of a servers hands (sorry about that, totally unlike me), and I wasn’t able to get into the second bar. I was in the back of the line in my friend group when we were getting our ID’s scanned at the bar. They all got in and went to the upstairs bar while my ID was being checked and didn’t immediately realize I wasn’t let in. Apparently I just left the bar and walked around town. My friends kept calling me to figure out where I was and what happened, but I just never picked up the phone while I was in this state. I somehow made it home (20 minute walk from the bar), but I had a busted face, black eye, fat lip, and my glasses were missing. Nobody knows what happened to me after I didn’t get let in at the second bar. Went to the hospital the next day and the hospital found Xanax in my urine, which I never take. My friends initially thought I got in a fight, as another friend who wasn’t with us at the bar got in a fight, but didn’t remember who he fought. We later discovered that he and I did not fight (not that we would have any reason to, we were on good terms). To this day, I still don’t know how I busted my face. The upside is that I may have saved a woman from being roofied, and god knows what could have happened to her had I taken the other drink. Moral of the story, if someone buys a round for you and your friends, make sure you know what the round is, and make sure someone can watch the bar counter to make sure nothing is getting slipped into your drink.

to me, none of the stress and possible consequences of going out are worth it. I'm much happier locked, safe in my home, under blankets with my cat.

" You shouldn't be naturally mistrustful" I'm Yes, I am. An ex once dosed my food or drink with a benzodiazepine. It can happen when you least expect it, from people who you actually TRUST. Be vigilant.

Thanks for this. Will be sharing with my kids. 🙏🏻

Thank You! For these life saving tips!

Yet another amazing post love the work 👍

This is like my biggest fear so thank you for this video

My college had a mocktails even during the first week. It was a dry campus, so there wasn’t any alcohol, but they put on the event as an awareness activity. A few of the ‘bartenders’ and some of the upper classmen at the event would slip tictacs into the drinks. I kept a really good eye on mine (or so I thought) but still wound up finishing one drink to find like six or seven tictacs at the bottom.

Great content. I learned something new. Keep up the good work.

0:55 repeated punches doesn't have anything to do with a boxer's fracture. I've had one in my right hand and it came from exactly one punch. A boxer's fracture happens when you don't execute a proper square punch and instead your fist comes in at a bad angle. Your middle knuckle is supposed to take the brunt of the force but if the punch comes in off square and your pinky takes the force then you'll get a boxer's fracture.

4:04 Canada and Jamaica are the only places I know where the people are friendly with everyone just out of kindness.

This happened to me many years ago when I was a teenager. I’m still upset with my parents for just assuming I was drunk. I was 15 and never drank that much. I just had one drink and the next thing I know, I was home and my parents were yelling at me. They should have taken me to the hospital. I could have died. It’s not even like I ever got in trouble at school or anything.

How about staying at home?

8:36 I'm glad I live in england. A few grand for an ambulance ride is insane

Thanks for this information

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

Don't go to club or bar alone.

I got drugged once instead of my mum, I was still conscious, all I can remember is us both walking down a street in Turkey, I couldn't see, could not control myself but we managed to get back safe and I spent then next 2 days in bed woo. I don't know how we got back to the apartment we were stopping at, but apparently I was out of it

I've been drugged but it's usually me taking them after my drink

Or you’ve done so much drugs that you have an extremely high tolerance that you can stay awake if you want to

Lucky for me, I don't do drugs, don't consume any alcoholic drinks, don't smoke cigarettes, and I don't go to the kinds of places talked about in this video.

24 seconds ago!!! Love this channel!!

I've been drugged with one of my buddies at a nightclub once, it started tickling in my body but i didn't really think anything of it because we were drinking, both of us realized that we'd been drugged with mdma some 10 to 15 min after because both of us actually were using it on a weekly basis at the time, even though we probably should have told the bartender when it was realized we ended up waiting to see if it came to the point we couldn't handle it anymore but luckily it didn't and we went home with a laugh, it were still pretty scary to be drugged without permission and it's also the reason I've been clean for 2 years now

Love the background music 😍

I love this!!! Its like the tv show "Rescue Hero's"!!!!For Adults!!! Loved that show!!!!

Don’t put your drink down

*This video can be applied to my entire channel*

So I was just thinking about this 20 minutes ago and all of a sudden it pops up. Pretty sure the algorithm reads or controls people's minds

Monster of florence would be a great video for the next serial killer video I live close to florence and I would like to see a video done by you guys about it.

They have lids to protect your drinks and coasters that Change color if spiked on Amazon

Happened to me twice...once by someone I trusted to drink with and the other was through laced weed...completely changed my life..no sympathy from close relatives...i self medicate through chain smoking, alcohol, and gambling to hide the pain......to this day, my trust level is where the Titan is...if it were not for my 12 yr old son, I would unalive myself...

I am tired of people doing this, thank you to the infographics show I can drink my beverages safely.

Nice star trek reference on the guy in the hospital

Step one don't drink at shady bars, step two don't take drinks from anyone you haven't seen pour it aka bartender, step three don't leave drink's unattended, step four keep an eye on strangers, I don't think we needed a nine minute long video for this

That’s good and all but devil breath is a totally different thing and when you’re affected by that the instant you get it in your system you’re already out so there’s no way to get help and that’s if your friends are nearby

Never ever drink alone, especially in a strange place or public place.

I had captions on and at the end they said "Now have a sniff of this powder" and it killed me :D

Lol the narrator said sus

"finally come to the us" these plants grow in my yard in florida they're called brugmansia or "angel trumpets" and people have been doing this since i was 12(i new a guy that would use food coloring bottles) i'm 36

Infographics: Here's how to survive getting drugged Pigeon cartel: *Hold my sauce*

him : "also known as devils breath" spiderman : "why do i hear boss music"

#1.Don't trust anyone #2.Stay strapped #3.Just stay home

Is there going to be another challenge video? 😀

Also. DONT EFFING DRUG PEOPLE. SOLVES ALL THE PROBLEMS.

its rife in the uk theres been so many incidents some with fatal outcomes

Vegas they took my $800 in cash and then maxed out all my debit cards and credit cards so my very first night I was stuck there with no money

Wow i like this videos

Sure glad I don't drink.

Thanks for making me immune to all drugs I just drank some novichok I feel energised

some people don’t know honest kindness

Stay home I guess? I mean I've been doing it for years

Not the right time since in Indonesia right now, poisoned drink is quite a big news now beside volcano eruption

It's great that he bought up that women drug men too it's not only them. Love you infographics show!

Yes

mad eye moody "constant vigilance"

Haha finally being a fentanyl/ opioid addict and pothead finally comes in handy

rasputin: write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!

Now I see my dad always drank a glass bottle of beer opened infront of him in the bar when we were in a new area for vacation

7:32--> me writing an essay

Ha, can't happened to me if I don't go to bars, club or any social gathering with open drinks are around! Yes I don't have much of an social life!

Infographics spying on my life again 🧐🤨

Try what I do spend 10 years hopelessly addicted to various substances so you have a tolerance and can understand the effects coming on

Amen

Can I please have the name of the soundtrack? It’s really addictive! 😂

It's bartenders that run with crews and go after tourist I saw it on Myrtle beach

Never leave or drink unattended. If you do it is just best to get another one.

Don't go to Bill Cosby's.

After watching this I think my next vacation will be hiding in my room with the lights on.

I personally prefer drinking from rivers when I'm travelling

whats the background music

I find that looking/being poor af lowers the risk of people feeling like robbing you is beneficial so.....yay?!

Can you make a video about the battle of Vienna?

if someone approaches you with a drink in their hand, they are a sussy baka imposter

I have heard teh ice in your drink will sink to the bottom if your drink was spiked. Does anyone know if that's true?

Im gonna do the exact opposit, after about 20 im good

AYE, they said be civil

This would've come in handy 3 days ago.

I found this by trying to figure out why I got in someone's car and immediately started felling dizzy I made her drop me back off and she kept trying to keep me in there within minutes I felt my neck burning and realized something wasn't right after some research I'm pretty positive what the cause was