Confronting Date-Rape Drugs With Citizen Reports
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Technology-inclined Asheville citizens are using the social-networking site, Twitter, to bring awareness to the abuse of date-rape drugs in local bars. Reports Jon Elliston of the Mountain Xpress:
An Xpress reader suggests using Twitter to protect victims and nail perps:
Date-rape drugs, or so-called "roofies," are making the rounds in Asheville bars, according to recent reports that have cropped up on the Internet and in local conversations. Some people who suspect they've been drugged - perhaps with a pill popped into their drink - have posted news online about their experience, using the social-networking program Twitter. Today an Xpress reader, Kimberly Miller (who tweets from @bentmatches), suggested that local people who use Twitter report on their suspected roofie experiences, in an effort to pinpoint where such crimes are occurring and protect potential victims.
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