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| Some commonly known date rape drugs are ], ] and ] (Rohypnol). | Some commonly known date rape drugs are ], ] and ] (Rohypnol). | ||
| Despite widespread media hysteria, these drugs are only used in a small minority of rapes as alcohol remains the drug most frequently implicated with substance-assisted sexual assault. Sometimes victims end up drinking too much and insist that they were drugged when in fact they overestimated their tolerance for alcohol. | Despite widespread media hysteria, these drugs are only used in a small minority of rapes as alcohol remains the drug most frequently implicated with substance-assisted sexual assault. Sometimes victims end up drinking too much and insist that they were drugged when in fact they overestimated their tolerance for alcohol. A study in the UK found that only 2 percent of 1014 rape victims had their drinks spiked with sedatives. | ||
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Date rape drugs are substances added to a drink to render a victim unconscious or compliant and able to be easily raped or sexually assaulted, perhaps adding to the effect of an alcoholic drink, generally unknown to the person drinking it. The drug may also be used to allow a victim to be robbed.
In cases of sexual assault, the inability of the victim to say "no" means, under most legal systems, that the attack is legally considered as rape.
Some commonly known date rape drugs are GHB, Ketamine and Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol). Despite widespread media hysteria, these drugs are only used in a small minority of rapes as alcohol remains the drug most frequently implicated with substance-assisted sexual assault. Sometimes victims end up drinking too much and insist that they were drugged when in fact they overestimated their tolerance for alcohol. A study in the UK found that only 2 percent of 1014 rape victims had their drinks spiked with sedatives.
Further information: ]Companies around the world are making or trying to make paper coasters or drink stirries that change color when dabbed with a drink doctored with a date rape drug. These colorless and odorless tranquillisers can lull victims into a semi-comatose state, leaving them unable to remember what happened to them.
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