Welcome back! This month we take a deep dive into the discussions around (drink and injection) spiking we have seen in the UK over the past couple of weeks. Join us for a discussion on prevalence, experiences, and activism. Enjoy! xx Annie and Julia__________________Sign up to our *FREE* workshop!We are running a fun half-day workshop on 3rd December from 10am-1pm via Zoom on how to use podcasts as a creative tool for research output. Free to attend for all PGRs across Scotland. This event is kindly sponsored by the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science.Sign up now: https://social.sgsss.ac.uk/event/creative-production-podcasting-your-research-a-toolkit/__________________Support Services:Breathing Space - T: 0800 83 85 87 | W: https://breathingspace.scot/LGBTI Health - T: 0300 123 2523 | W: https://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/Samaritans - T: 0808 808 8000 Victim Support Scotland - W: https://victimsupport.scot/__________________ReferencesBrooks, O. (2011). ‘Guys! Stop Doing It!’: Young Women’s Adoption and Rejection of Safety Advice when Socializing in Bars, Pubs and Clubs. The British Journal of Criminology, 51(4), 635–651Brooks, O. (2014). Interpreting Young Women’s Accounts of Drink Spiking: The Need for a Gendered Understanding of the Fear and Reality of Sexual Violence. Sociology, 48(2), 300–316Swan, S. C., Lasky, N. V., Fisher, B. S., Woodbrown, V. D., Bonsu, J. E., Schramm, A. T., Warren, P. R., Coker, A. L., & Williams, C. M. (2017). Just a Dare or Unaware? Outcomes and Motives of Drugging (“Drink Spiking”) Among Students at Three College Campuses. Psychology of Violence, 7(2), 253–264Scottish Government (2021). Drink Spiking conviction statistics: FOI release. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100235353/ (Accessed: 6 Nov 2021)._________________Intro/Outro:Innovation by John Sib Licensed under Pixabay https://pixabay.com/service/license/