Sip Safe
Sip Safe is a local grant-funded project to raise awareness of drink-spiking. The program seeks to introduce drink test strips to establishments throughout Douglas County.
Drink spiking is the act of adding another substance to a
drink to make someone change the way they behave and, potentially, be more
vulnerable to a variety of offences. It can happen to any drink and the method
may include:
• Adding alcohol to an alcohol-free drink
• Adding additional volumes of alcohol to an alcoholic drink
• Slipping ‘date rape’, illegal or prescription drugs into any
drink
If a drink has been spiked with a date rape drug it’s
unlikely to look, smell or taste any different so people often don’t report
incidents because they don’t think they have any evidence, don’t remember details,
or they feel embarrassed.
Symptoms can develop within 5 – 20 minutes of drinking a
spiked drink.
• Feeling dizzy, faint, woozy or out of it
• Feeling ill, nausea, vomiting or sleepy
• Feeling drunk (or drunker than expected) especially if you
think you’ve only had a little alcohol to drink
• Mental confusion
• Loss of inhibitions
• Muscle spasms, seizures, breathing problems
• Passing out
• Speech difficulties, slurring,
• Waking up feeling uncomfortable and confused, with memory
blanks about the night before.
• Severe or longer than usual hangover, especially when you
had little or no alcohol to drink
If you see someone linger over another person’s drink OR
witness someone putting something in another’s drink, what should you do?
1. Alert a member of staff or security if you're at a venue.
2. Alert the owner of the spiked drink and don’t let them drink
it
3. Get a test card and test their drink
4. Don't let them go home on their own or leave with someone
you don't know.
5. Take them to a safe place and stay with them
6. Report to the police and call an ambulance if they lose
consciousness
1. Alert a member of staff or security if you're at a venue.
2. Tell a trusted friend and stay with your friend.
3. Get a test card and test your drink or have a friend do it
4. Don't leave with someone you don’t know
5. Go to a safe place with your friend
6. Report to the police
7. Call an ambulance if your symptoms worsen
• Always buy your own drink and watch it being poured
• Don't accept already poured drinks from strangers
• Never leave your drink unattended while you dance or go to
the toilet
• Don't drink or taste anyone else's drink
• Dispose of your drink if you think it tastes odd.
Law Enforcement: 911 or Non Emergency Dispatch: 541-440-4471
Peace at Home: 800-464-6543 24/7 - Support, advocacy, sexual assault response
Adapt Integrated Health Care: 800-866-9780 – Addiction
treatment, mental health, behavioral health
Mercy Medical Center: 541-673-0611
Women’s Hope Clinic: 541-672-2609
National Sexual Assault Hotline:
1-800-656- HOPE
(4673)
For more information on the test cards or to obtain drink
test cards, please visit www.testmydrink.com
