After over a year of being in a national lockdown, the long-awaited reopening of clubs was definitely on
many minds. However, the fear of spiking is something that remains unparalleled and extremely
prevalent within our society today and more recently, in Cardiff.
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A night out is something you would expect to enjoy with your friends \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 a chance to escape your uni work
or even just get out for the evening; however, persistent nights are being ruined with many people
being spiked in clubs across the UK. Not only are drinks becoming contaminated, but the use of needles
and injections to spike people has risen, an anxiety-inducing thought that has caused alarm.
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In conjunction to this, many people have come together in a student-led movement known as \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffGirls Night In’, taking
action to boycott clubs in response to the spiking \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffepidemic’. Those who participate will remain indoors
for the designated evening in their city. The date for Cardiff is the 29th of October (this Friday!) and others are ranging from the 22nd of October to the 4th of November. This is to ensure clubs receive a loss in customer numbers to
bring attention to the seriousness of the situation and to encourage the introduction and enforcement
of effective measures that will help stop this problem. Why not spend a Friday eve having some drinks with your friends at home? (Halloween house party maybe instead…?)
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Hearing from a student from Cardiff (they have chosen to stay anonymous) who was spiked in Pryzm
nightclub, their experience highlights the dangers of spiking and the symptoms you can look out for in
order to keep your friends safe. They said, \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffIt was horrible, I didn’t know what was happening. I sort of
blacked out, but I remember shaking and feeling really dizzy – I knew it wasn’t the case that I had drunk
too much. I felt violently ill, and I was told I threw up. I never want to experience it again.’
Although being named \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffGirls Night In’, all genders are being encouraged to support the cause in order to
heighten the effect of the movement, of course, it is not just girls who are targeted and this movement should be inclusive of all genders.
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With the boycott aiming to get a response from clubs, there are other ways that people can get involved
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Ways you can support the movement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tips on how to stay safe on a night out:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By Lucia Cubb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After over a year of being in a national lockdown, the long-awaited reopening of clubs was definitely onmany minds. However, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":30434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[6614,3,557,6613,96,736],"class_list":["post-30433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-boycott","tag-cardiff","tag-cardiff-university","tag-night-culture","tag-quench","tag-safety"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Share spiking awareness posts on social media platforms
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Spread awareness through word of mouth
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Email and\/or call local club and bar venues (increase in pressure on businesses can help
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Contact your local MP
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Sign petitions
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Look out for your friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Never leave your drink unattended
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Never accept a drink from another person \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 even if you think you know them well!\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Stick with your friends in the club\/bar
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Drink smart \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 buy shots so you can drink them quickly at the bar\/ bottles with a smaller opening
that you can cover with your thumb
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Safety in numbers \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 never leave a club\/bar by yourself!
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Avoid walking home if you can \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 aim to get a lift\/taxi
\u00d4\u00c7\u00f3 Walk through well-lit areas and avoid dark streets<\/p>\n\n\n\n