Mathieu Roy, the owner of a bar in Chicoutimi, bought 1,500 drug-testing coasters.Alco Prevention Canada, a business based in Laval that sells drug testing products, partnered with a company in Florida to get these dual-purpose coasters to market.
"The only thing you have to do is take one drop of your drink and put it on the test," general manager Stéphane Maurais toldOn one side, there's a spot to test for traces of ketamine and on the other side there's a spot to test for GHB — drugs commonly used in date rape. After one or two minutes, the test zones turn dark blue if those drugs are detected. Without a test, it's tough to tell whether a drink has been drugged. Ketamine and GHB are odourless and tasteless when dissolved.Maurais said he'd been growing concerned about the drug spiking problem after learning how widespread the issue is across Canada.This summer, there was a large drug seizure in British Columbia. On P.E.I.
BarbHaines5 Montreal This is a fantastic idea!! So sad thou,that we have to think about disgusting pigs spiking drinks
Montreal Best weapon against these rapists is be vigilant and always be surrounded by friends. This coaster bs is useless...
Montreal No, they can't, fully. This is an irresponsible headline, and basically a press release for a company, with zero input from any subject matter experts. It's just a man interviewing a man, plus another man the second man told the first man about. Yikes. Do some actual journalism?
Montreal Or we could do more to combat rape culture
Montreal It heartens me to see men stepping up and being part of the solution when it comes to date rape and drugging innocent women and men without their knowledge. These are the men who the next generation should be modelling after, looking up to.
Montreal Please provide some unique identifier on each coaster, such as an animal name, or picture, or letter-number combination, so the coasters can't be switched by an a$$hat.
Montreal Too bad we live in a society where this type of product is necessary!
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