With a headline like, “Community Brings Attention to Drink Spiking in Arcata”, one might think there is yet another major crisis in Humboldt County California. First it was the common cold, worsened by
“Super Spreader” meetings of people. Now, it's drink spiking. How many centuries has that been going on? Perhaps the next headline will be, “Sun Rises In The East, We're All Gonna Fry!”.
So has drink spiking increased so dramatically that Humboldt County needs to declare another “State Of Emergency”, pile on a new layer of medical martial law, and throw even more people out of their jobs, into homeless camps and government housing?
Well not quite. At least the lengthy (are they paid by the word there, or is the bloat designed to make it appear THERE REALLY IS A F'ING CRISIS?) North Coast Journal article largely contradicts the screaming headline.
But it's only the headline that most people read. So a bullhockey story is spread far and wide,
perhaps only 20% going on to read the article and find, as is often the case with the corporate media, Blowing Smoke About Nothing New.
Some of us who have been around for a while have learned to disregard headlines from certain media, and avoid jumping to erroneous acceptance of headlines-as-fact. Given the lack of journalism in much of today's media, when the narratives being shoveled are recognized, one can read the headline and be reasonable in concluding the reverse is true.
Where every day is Opposite Day! What about real threats to the community? Spike Proteins, Nanoparticles, injected bioweapons, and all the rest? “Crickets” and the never-ending narrative of
hysterical cooties. From the article:
“While a spate of recent social media posts on Facebook, Instagram and Reddit have warned of increased drink spiking at Arcata bars, the North Coast Rape Crisis Team says it has not seen an increase in such reports, though it fields 20 or so monthly, on average.”
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“Mike Munson, who owns the Jam in Arcata, said he has not seen any reports of spiked drinks in the past three years. The Jam's bartenders and doormen are trained to look out for signs, he said, and in the case of a reported drink spiking, they have the resources to test drinks.
'We've dedicated resources to make sure that this doesn't happen in our venue. I certainly respect that this does happen, and we take it very seriously,' Munson said. However, in regard to the recent social media posts, he's skeptical and said they are attempts to malign his business. 'We can't find one person who's actually a victim. Until I find one victim, I'm going to assume there is an ulterior motive.'
Arcata Police Chief Brian Ahearn also said his department has not seen an increase in reports.
'It has been years since the last APD criminal investigation of spiked drinks in Arcata,' he said. 'Reports come into APD in all different types of formats. All of the recent social media posts are considered reports of date rape drugs in Arcata. I cannot recall, other than being told about these recent social media posts, the last report related to date rape drugs.'”
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“Timothy Overturf, who owns the Arcata Theater Lounge, says he's received 12 reports of suspected drink spiking at the establishment within the past three years.”
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