Law Targets Date Rape

The 19-year-old McMaster student was at a bar in Toronto during the summer when she began feeling dizzy and blacked out after just one drink. "I have no other explanation for what happened," she said. "It's never happened to me before." It's not uncommon for women who have been slipped a drug to wonder if it's really happened to them. Even when they carry a drink all night -- as Kristin did -- there's still the possibility of something being dropped in. Yesterday, the Ontario government proposed changes to the Liquor Licence Act, one of which will allow patrons to carry their drinks into hallways and washrooms in bars. The idea is that a drink kept in sight is a drink less likely to be tampered with. Krista Warnke, public education co-ordinator for the Sexual Assault Centre, said the step is a move in the right direction, as long as people don't begin thinking they ultimately have control over whether or not they're drugged.

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