California bars and nightclubs getting ready for new "roofie" testing kit requirement

Research has recovered that astir 50% of astir 1,000 women and men they surveyed person had their drinks oregon nutrient spiked.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- California is shaking things up successful the astir 2,400 bars and nightclubs crossed the state.

Assembly Bill 1013 was passed unanimously successful the legislature and signed into instrumentality by Governor Newsom past year. It requires each bars and nightclubs to person portion spiking cause investigating kits disposable upon request.

"These kits indispensable trial for controlled substances commonly utilized to spike drinks. The licensees tin either take to supply these kits astatine nary outgo oregon they tin beryllium sold astatine a tenable amount, not to transcend the wholesale cost," said Devin Blankenship of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

The requirements indispensable beryllium met by July 1.

It's thing The Howlin Wolf successful the Tower District is moving on.

"I deliberation these are a large thought that these kits volition beryllium required to beryllium disposable due to the fact that you ne'er cognize what mightiness hap erstwhile you're out," said Annette Bencomo, wide manager of The Howlin Wolf. "I don't deliberation immoderate barroom manager wants to spot thing similar that hap successful their bar, I anticipation that it doesn't."

That's the aforesaid mindset Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal of Long Beach had erstwhile helium introduced the bill.

"Aside from being a legislator, I'm besides a edifice and barroom proprietor and it is unconscionable for barroom owners to cognize their locations could beryllium progressive someway indirectly successful committing intersexual assault," said Lowenthal.

The investigating kits usually see a strip, sticker oregon straw that tin observe communal "date rape" drugs.

"For each of us, we privation to supply a harmless environment. Drink spiking has gotten to epidemic levels, not conscionable successful California but crossed the US and this is thing we tin bash thing about," said Lowenthal.

Research by the American Addiction Centers recovered that astir 50% of astir 1,000 women and men they surveyed person had their drinks oregon nutrient spiked.

"Even I person been amazed astatine however large this occupation is. There are members of my unit and legislature that person been roofied," said Lowenthal.

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