Needle spiking, het drogeren met een injectienaald ; Needle spiking, injecting people with a substance without their knowledge or consent
BACKGROUND: In the Netherlands therewereseveralreports on needlespiking: people have found themselvessubjectedtosurreptitiousinjections. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 23-year-old female was seenafterbeingsurroundedby a group of men andfeltwhatshethought was a jab. She was abletoevadethegroup. Several minutes later sheexperienceddizziness, nausea andvomiting. On physical examination, a bleedingpuncturewound was seen on her upper arm withaccompanying erythema. Toxicology on bloodand urine didnot show evidenceforintoxicationotherthan alcohol which was higherthanwouldbesuspectedbythenumber of drinks thevict... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Koppen , H , Gresnigt , F M J , van Ruyven , P , Balai , M , Schippers , E F , Nugteren-van Lonkhuyzen , A & Touw , D J 2023 , ' Needle spiking, het drogeren met een injectienaald ' , Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde , vol. 167 , D7140 . < https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/needle-spiking-het-drogeren-met-een-injectienaald > |
| Schlagwörter: | Male / Female / Humans / Young Adult / Adult / Substance Abuse / Intravenous / Ethanol / Netherlands / Informed Consent |
| Sprache: | Niederländisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29191661 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/8eb7b8e3-fec6-4208-8a15-e8842ee67951 |
BACKGROUND: In the Netherlands therewereseveralreports on needlespiking: people have found themselvessubjectedtosurreptitiousinjections. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 23-year-old female was seenafterbeingsurroundedby a group of men andfeltwhatshethought was a jab. She was abletoevadethegroup. Several minutes later sheexperienceddizziness, nausea andvomiting. On physical examination, a bleedingpuncturewound was seen on her upper arm withaccompanying erythema. Toxicology on bloodand urine didnot show evidenceforintoxicationotherthan alcohol which was higherthanwouldbesuspectedbythenumber of drinks thevictimreported. CONCLUSION: There is evidencethatpeople are puncturedwithneedles in busy surroundings like thenightlife. Possiblealso drugs are injected. Experiencedsymptomsbyvictims (n=19) wereheterogeneousandnotlikelyattributedtooneandthesamecausal drug. Toxicologydidnotrevealanysubstanceuntilnow.