DRINK SPIKED OR TOO MUCH TO DRINK

Commonwealth Games gold medalist swimmer Joanna Fargus continues to insist she's the victim of a drink spiker:

Fargus, who swam for England at the Manchester Commonwealth Games four years ago, became dizzy and nauseous last Saturday week when she joined Australian teammates at Melbourne's The Last Lap nightclub, a mecca for athletes during the Games.

After starting to feel unwell, Fargus was taken back to the athletes' village to be examined by medical staff.

The 23-year-old reported the incident to Victoria Police but later withdrew her complaint because she didn't believe she could identify the culprit.

Fargus, who underwent a urine and blood test, rejected suggestions she may have had too much to drink.

"Drink spiking happens all the time and if people brush it off as a joke or pass blame onto the victim, nothing will be done about it and it will continue to happen to people.

"That night all I drank in the nightclub was a couple of sips from a rum and coke bought for me by a guy in a group of three who had been dancing near us.

"Whatever was in that drink was powerful. If I hadn't received a text message (to go outside) I probably would have drunk it all, so I could have died."

Let's see, Fargus accepted a drink from someone she can't identify but there must be security footage at the nightclub. There was a text message that could be traced back to the sender's phone. The whole scenario seems... odd. Anyway, Fargus is wrong, drink spiking doesn't happen all the time:

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Emergency Department doctors have completed Australia's first comprehensive medical study into drink spiking - and found little evidence of its occurrence.

105.7 ABC Darwin's Julia Christensen spoke with Emergency Physician and Toxicologist Dr. Mark Little about the study.

Dr. Little said that there have been many reports of drink spiking but there has been no real evidence of this from hospital emergency rooms around Australia.

The study discovered that not one person admitted to the emergency room had had their drink spiked with a sedative, which is thought to be the most common drug associated with drink spiking.

Unless Fargus can produce some evidence her drink was spiked she should probably just shut up about it.