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A new California law, known as AB1013, will soon encourage bars and nightclubs in the state to sell kits that would detect the presence of so-called date-rape drugs. Drugs such as Rohypnol, ketamine, or GHB — commonly referred to as "roofies" — can be surreptitiously slipped into a beverage, causing the person who consumes it to become disoriented or even black out completely. However, certain "strips, stickers, straws, and other devices" can detect the presence of such drugs, AB1013 indicated, if placed in a substance relatively quickly. Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, introduced AB1013 last year, and it was signed...

After drugging a well-dressed River North nightclub’s VIP host around closing time Sunday, two Milwaukee women led the nearly-incoherent man to their nearby car. But they had a big problem after they stripped him of his cellphones, watch, and credit cards: Their car wouldn’t start, and they had a half-clothed, unresponsive man in the backseat. “They roofied me at the club because I was wearing designer clothes and a gold Rolex watch,” the alleged victim told CWBChicago in an interview Monday afternoon. He asked us to withhold his name. A source said another man was targeted similarly on Friday night....

Morgan Roof, the younger sister of the Charleston shooter Dylann Roof, was arrested after taking two weapons to school and posting to Snapchat that she hoped students protesting against gun violence in a nationwide walkout “get shot.” Roof, 18, showed up at A.C. Flora High School in South Carolina with a knife, pepper spray, and marijuana. She faces weapons and drugs charges. A judge released Roof on a $5,000 bond but ordered her to stay away from her school. Though she faced no charges relating to her Snapchat post, it did cause alarm, reported WIS-TV. In her post, Roof wrote:...

Editor’s note: Amy Swearer’s piece on the harrowing experience of being slipped a date-rape drug prompted an outpouring of response from The Daily Signal’s audience amid the surging #MeToo hashtag on social media for personal stories of sexual assault and harassment. Here’s a sampling. Don’t forget to write us at letters@dailysignal.com.—Ken McIntyreDear Daily Signal: We are indebted to you, Amy Swearer, for fighting to overcome the incident itself and then for being willing to tell your story (“I’m a Conservative Who was Roofied by a Stranger. Here’s What I Think of the ‘Me Too’ Hashtag”). I admire your willingness to...