Las Vegas Start-up Launches Lipstick with Date Rape Drug Detection via Cosmetics Design-Asia

Entrepreneur and women’s safety campaigner Joy Hoover has developed a lipstick with tech that can protect women from assault by identifying the presence of date rape drugs.

Esōes’ new Liquid Lipstick may resemble a James Bond gadget, but its glamorous appearance belies a more serious function.

Each stick covertly holds two test strips and a Bluetooth enabled button.

With just one drop of any beverage (alcoholic or not), the test strip will detect for the presence of Benzodiazepines – commonly used in date rape drugs like Rohypnol, Ativan, Xanax, and Klonopin.

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