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Monday, August 25, 2014

Worried About Date Rape? These Guys Have the Nail Polish for You

Many have spoken out against the epidemic of sexual assault on college campuses, and many others have spoken out against the booze-fueled party culture in which sexual assaults often take place and the “progressivism” that blurs distinctions between different kinds of assault.

While the pundits and policymakers debate the issue, four guys at North Carolina State University are doing something proactive (and unorthodox): inventing a nail polish that can detect date rape drugs.

As the Triangle Business Journal reported, the four undergraduate students started “Undercover Colors.”

They developed a prototype nail polish, which works like so: Dip your finger into your drink, and if someone has spiked it with date rape drugs, the nail polish will change colors.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

thats brilliant. good going guys...

Anonymous said...

This is fine, but many of the girls get plastered at parties and pass out. Then it is a free for all in the bedroom where she is put to sleep it off.

sby16grl said...

@ 11:13, I understand what you're saying. However, I think this is meant to protect those who are sober & coherent enough to see that they've been slipped the drug.

Anonymous said...

Yes, once you have passed out it is too late to dip your finger nails into your drink.