Survey exposes dark side of women’s drinking

ALMOST 50% of young women have found that their drink or a friend’s drink has been spiked on a night out, a shocking new study reveals.

Nearly half again (45%) admitted having had a sexual encounter while drunk that they later regretted, and seven out of 10 women aged between 24 and 30 said they ended up in that situation because they were intoxicated.

The survey, published in the latest edition of Hospitality Ireland, a magazine for the food and drinks trade, also found almost a third of women aged between 18 and 29 consumed seven or more drinks in a night.