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[larry gourdine <>]

Greetings Everyone,


I received a call this morning from a rep of this company. about drink 
dective. Has but anyone heard about this being used on other campuses? I'm 
highly skeptical on many levels, but wanted to hear from others.



The business I represent, Bloomsbury Innovations, based in London, England, 
markets the Drink Detective  http://www.drinkdetective.com.  The Drink ;
Detective tests for virtually all of the drugs used in drug rape and other 
drink spiking crimes including Rohypnol, Ketamine & GHB.  They have been 
successful overseas in increasing awareness and beginning to combat the 
enormous issue of drink spiking in the UK and elsewhere.

As you are probably aware, drink spiking crimes are not easily solved as 
victims are left with little or no memory of what happened so they cannot be 
reliable witnesses.  Tests to confirm spiking are both very expensive and 
mostly useless—because most drugs leave the system before the person has a 
chance to get tested.  Where Drink Detective awareness campaigns have been in 
place in the UK, there has been a marked reduction not only in drink spiking 
but all sexual assaults.  I can send you more specifics as well as 
testimonials from police departments if you so request.


Larry Gourdine MPH,CHES
Office for Violence Prevention
The University of Georgia
116 Memorial Hall
Athens, GA 30602
706 542-SAFE(7233)

http://www.uga.edu/ovp

"Violence against women will not end until men actively become part of the 
solution."