Overview

• Local youth-protection teams in the Munich district are running new “multiplicator” workshops for teachers, youth workers and police, who will train students in grades 8–10.
• Officials say interest from schools has surged and they describe recorded incidents as only a small visible share of cases, with many going unrecognized or unreported.
• Police note that common agents such as GHB and GBL are cleared from the body within hours, leaving few lab-confirmed cases and complicating reliable statistics.
• Recent reports include suspected poisonings at an August Bachfest and Oktoberfest accounts, alongside warnings about a newer injection method known as “needle spiking,” particularly at festivals.
• A Velbert court acquitted a defendant in a K.O.-drop case after expert testimony questioned the timeline of effects, highlighting the evidentiary challenges that often hinder prosecutions.