6.6million Brits “had drinks spiked with drugs”

A survey of 3,000 UK adults by CounterSpike saw 12% of respondents say they had been spiked at some time, with another 22% saying they knew someone who had been; this equates to about 6.6million adults spiked at some point. In 2023 alone, 2.2% of UK adults, about 1.2 million people, reported drink spiking.