The kits will test for drugs including ketamine and GHB; users can use test strips, stickers or straws that will be able to detect signs of “date-rape” drugs.
The bill was introduced by assembly member Josh Lowenthal last April, citing concerns with a “crisis with fentanyl” and “sexual assault”.
“As we all know we have a crisis with fentanyl in California, but it is not the only crisis we have,” he said. “We have a crisis taking place that is resulting in sexual assault, that’s targeting primarily women and members of the LGBTQ+ communities.”
BBC also reports that other changes to be made in the “modernisation” include training door staff to identify perpetrators and signs of spiking, funding research into testing kits, and creating an online tool to anonymously report incidents of spiking.
Recently a man got drunk and legally changed his name to ‘Celine Dion’.
A Staffordshire man reportedly changed his legal name to “Celine Dion” when he was intoxicated.
The man, a 30-year-old hospitality worker formerly known as Thomas Dodd, was a huge fan of the “Think Twice” singer, and claimed to have had the idea to change his name while watching a virtual concert.