Inside The Dark World Of Date Rape Poisonings

Winter 2025

It’s an invisible scourge and more common than anyone realizes. But now some cities are finally waking up to the problem.

IT BEGAN LIKE ANY WEEKEND EVENING: Kirsty, 27, stepped into a Lower East Side club, music throbbing, drinks neon bright, expectations high. She ordered a gin and tonic. A man smiled. She smiled back. She turned her head for a moment. Five hours later, she woke up in a locked bathroom stall, vomit o...