Stir stick to detect if your drink is spiked developed by UBC researchers. By Amy Judd Global News Posted March 27, 2025 4:28 pm. Updated March 27, 2025 9:35 pm. 1 min read.

Spikeless is an ordinary-looking stir stick that changes colour when drugs like GHB or ketamine are added to a drink. It takes about 30 seconds to change colour, offering a quick way to get results.

On The Coast 9:15 UBC-developed stir stick detects spiked drinks in seconds Johan Foster, a UBC associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, helped the Spikeless stir stick.

Around 10 per cent of women and sexual minorities report having their drink spiked at some point. Now researchers at UBC have developed a tool that could help catch spiked drinks and stop sexual ...

Image | Drink-Spike-Stick 20250327. Caption: Sasha Santos, left, Samin Yousefi and Johan Foster examine an example of the Spikeless device, which quickly detects tasteless and odourless drugs that ...

"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 stick's co-inventor Samin Yousefi, a masters student at ...

Spikeless is an ordinary-looking stir stick that changes colour when drugs like GHB or ketamine are added to a drink. It takes about 30 seconds to change colour, offering a quick way to get results.

Every drink will be stirred, every drink will be tested, every drink will be safe.” The stick’s co-inventor Samin Yousefi, a masters student at the university, ...

CTV Morning Live discusses a brand new innovation from UBC: stir sticks that detect whether alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks have been spiked in seconds!