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Date Rape Drugs

Rapists don’t always use force to get what they want, sometimes their weapon is drugs. When dropped into your drink they can incapacitate you so you cannot fight back.

Drugs like Rohypnol, GHB, Ketamine and Ecstasy and a variety of other substances can be used as a weapon in sexual assault crimes. When you are at a party, social event or a bar, someone may secretly drop a drug in your drink. It may be someone that you know, and trust, or it could be a stranger. When the drug dissolves, it is often colorless and odorless, and may be tasteless. The effects vary depending on the drug, but you are in a much more vulnerable and defenseless state.

Date rape drugs can be put into alcohol or any beverage.

*(information adapted from: Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: When drugs are used as a weapon. . . . Published by the Rape Treatment Center, Santa Monica-IUCLS Medical Center, Santa Monica, California)

 

 

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