@thetimes: Why are so many men being spiked? Although women still account for the majority of victims in spiking cases, In 2025, 33% of spiking victims were male, 2,703 men in total — up from 23% in 2021, according to responses from 36 UK police forces to a Freedom of Information request. Spiking is giving someone a substance without their knowledge or consent. A survey among individuals who admitted that they had spiked somebody in the past, found that 74% had spiked a friend, often at a private gathering. 56% of perpetrators said they had done this “for fun”. *for news purposes* #spiking #crime #news #police #drink
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Tuesday 01 September 2026 13:00:00 GMT
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PiNkFlOyD4evr :
Ah so NOW it's an issue that it's happening to MEN too
2026-09-01 14:12:20
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Apps :
I was spiked and raped as a teenager, so I'm very sad to see people reporting it causing a gender war in the comments. Whataboutism helps nobody
2026-09-01 16:30:57
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milamure :
Drop everything. It’s affecting men! Outraaaageous 👀
2026-09-01 14:48:19
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leandorr11017 :
Guys we need to get serious now men are getting spiked
2026-09-01 13:24:25
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lora_avocado88 :
anyone who drugs someone "as a prank" is a sociopath
2026-09-01 22:23:36
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❤️🔥👑Artistic👑❤️🔥 :
Men are still the perpetrators in the majority of male spiking cases, btw.
2026-09-01 15:36:24
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2364617 :
Someone spiked my 34 beers last week I’ll never be the same
2026-09-01 15:10:29
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Madam Palindrome :
Guys this is a real issue now! It’s happening to men! GASP!!!!!
2026-09-01 16:21:27
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appleuser9357425 :
And it’s men spiking other men . How abt we focus on contracting the perpetrators
2026-09-01 21:16:16
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oldzangh96 :
Lindsay Clancy supporters out in full force evidently…
2026-09-01 19:13:13
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This is really funny. Now it’s a problem? But when countless women and girls get spiked EVERY DAY it’s not
2026-09-02 14:01:31
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英♡ :
It’s suddenly on the news when it’s happening to men
2026-09-01 19:31:41
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Happy Melissa :
Now it’s happening to men so it gets attention
2026-09-01 14:55:25
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sp0inged :
so do we start taking it seriously now?
2026-09-01 13:52:50
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2026-09-01 15:05:13
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ellie_noname🆘️🇺🇸 :
Do they ask the same questions about why women's drinks get spiked? 🤨
2026-09-02 11:59:43
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Alice ♾️ :
Oh so now its a problem huh
2026-09-03 14:33:19
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Camilla :
So when it starts happening to men,they take it seriously?
2026-09-02 17:17:11
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Alexandra :
So if the victims are men it’s getting everyone’s attention but when the victims are women it’s just normality , cool
2026-09-02 20:47:14
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Unai_S@daba :
as a gay man it’s absurd that this is only being taken seriously now. the way the world revolves around men is sickining especially in the modern age. i hope any future actions against spiking pritoririzes women victims
2026-09-01 22:15:53
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Merideth Anthony💙🏳️🌈🇵🇭 :
So… it happens to women all of the time but the nanosecond it happens to men… BOOM! Hits the news!!!!!
2026-09-01 16:43:36
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justagirl :
women, we can do better. let's get those percentages up
2026-09-02 03:12:36
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N.Gabrielle :
men end up in the hospital when spiked, women are lucky if they're still alive abandoned and SAed in an alley
2026-09-01 18:37:48
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yepyepyeah :
Omfg the people in this comment section are insufferable. This video is about how the rates of men being spiked has gone up. IT ACKNOWLEDGES WOMEN MAKE UP THE MAJORITY.
2026-09-02 00:33:03
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Shortware :
The misandry in these comments really just highlights the problem
2026-09-01 22:12:36
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