Prevalence of drink and needle spiking unknown, MPs say

Home affairs committee calls for urgent improvements in reporting, investigating and prosecuting of spiking incidents

The true prevalence of drink and needle spiking remains unknown because of inadequate data collection, MPs have warned, after hearing of victims dismissed as having had one too many".

Describing spiking as a heinous crime", the home affairs select committee called for urgent improvements in reporting, investigating and prosecuting spiking incidents.