VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they’re gearing up to start “real-world testing” of a stir stick that can detect if a drink has been spiked with drugs.

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.

A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia want to make a stir stick drug testing tool for spiked drinks the ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-UBC Applied Science Communications & Marketing, *MANDATORY CREDIT* VANCOUVER — A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia want to make a stir stick drug ...

It says the "seemingly ordinary stir stick" can detect drugs such as GHB and ketamine, changing colour if a beverage is contaminated. Co-inventor Samin Yousefi, a masters student at the university ...