The bistro regulars laughed loudly.
It's 11 p.m. this Thursday, and the terrace of the Café populaire, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, is overflowing with happy revelers.
In the crowd, two students are smoking a cigarette, the other hand pressed to their chest.
Under their fingers, their glass is protected.
“We never put it down!”
Lots of girls get drugged,” explain Sarah, 19, and Clara, 24.
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In 2021, angry victims even launched the hashtag #BalanceTonBar.
Women have learned the hard way: on the dance floor, danger has many faces.
It takes the form of a white powder in a glass, of a bad encounter, of a needle.
“Last year a guy stung me in the leg.
She was so numb that I had to go to the hospital,” Clara whispers, in reference to the strange phenomenon of syringe attacks throughout Europe.
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