When I was a child, my mom told me not to talk to strangers. As a teenager, my parents told me not to hitchhike nor pick up hitchhikers. That was about it.
When my daughter went to college, I advised her not to accept medicine or drinks from anyone. This was in addition to not accepting rides from strangers. Recently, I saw on Reddit that people were being drugged by passing strangers, who put quick dissolve drugs in their open drinks that weren't being watched. Yikes, it's getting even worse.
I contacted my daughter to warn her to always keep her drinks in sight. However, she told me that she was already warned during freshman orientation.
Times have changed. When I was in my 20s, I would accept drinks from people I had just met our regular bar. Also, I was given a ride home a couple times by people whom I only just met at our regular bar. Never once thought that I could have been putting myself in danger.
Maybe I was just lucky then. I am much more careful nowadays.
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