While I still can’t say this is novel, this other article mentions that the goal is to make it cheap enough that venues can have enough for every drink that they serve and to put the responsibility on venues rather than the user
“In the anti-violence sector, you know, there’s a lot of very strong feelings about people who are being targeted with violence being told that the burden of safety is on them, and that they have to buy more and do more to protect themselves constantly,” she said.
“The idea is that it’ll be completely ubiquitous,” she said. “Every drink leaving the bar will have a stick in it. Every drink will be stirred, every drink will be tested, every drink will be safe.”
The team is in the process of speaking with a large manufacturer to bring Smart Straws to the market, Baigorri said, and plan to make it “very affordable and cheap enough to dispose.”
Laudible goal, but I do wonder why other teams failed. The bulk price (on amazon) seems to be about $2.30 each, which definitely isnt super cheap.
The downside of “every drink gets a stick” is that it becomes much easier for a would-be rapist to replace the stick with a fake at the same time as inserting the drug. If you cant trust the integrity of the drink, you can’t trust the stick either.
I wonder if having a “Free drink replacement, no questions asked” policy might be easier/cheaper answer. If you think your drink was tampered with, return it to the bar for a replacement. Bar can increase their prices a bit to cover the wasted drinks.
While I still can’t say this is novel, this other article mentions that the goal is to make it cheap enough that venues can have enough for every drink that they serve and to put the responsibility on venues rather than the user
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-stir-stick-spiked-drinks-1.7495753
From the 3rd link:
Laudible goal, but I do wonder why other teams failed. The bulk price (on amazon) seems to be about $2.30 each, which definitely isnt super cheap.
The downside of “every drink gets a stick” is that it becomes much easier for a would-be rapist to replace the stick with a fake at the same time as inserting the drug. If you cant trust the integrity of the drink, you can’t trust the stick either.
I wonder if having a “Free drink replacement, no questions asked” policy might be easier/cheaper answer. If you think your drink was tampered with, return it to the bar for a replacement. Bar can increase their prices a bit to cover the wasted drinks.