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Rape Drugs and Alcohol
Sexual
assault commonly occurs in the presence of drugs
and alcohol.
Sometimes the survivor may have been
unknowingly drugged, other times the survivor may
have knowingly used alcohol or drugs. Either way, he or she is not at fault and did not deserve to
be assaulted.
What
are date rape drugs?
GHB, Ketamine
(Special K), Rohypnol (Roofies), and Ecstasy (E)
are among the drugs that may be used to facilitate
sexual assault.
These drugs may be odorless, colorless,
tasteless, and can be put into any drink –
alcoholic or non-alcoholic.
These drugs may
affect people in different ways.
Some of the effects may include: dizziness,
extreme exhaustion, nausea, severe headache,
disproportionate inebriation (feeling like you
drank 15 alcoholic drinks instead of 2 or 3),
disorientation, difficulty with or loss of body
movements, and loss of consciousness.
Furthermore, many of these drugs may result
in blacking out or memory loss.
These drugs can
begin to take effect within minutes and the
effects can last 8 or more hours. It is possible
to detect the drug up to 72 hours after ingestion
through a toxicology test.
What
is the connection between alcohol and sexual
assault?
Studies
have found that approximately 34-74% of all
perpetrators and survivors of sexual assault were
using alcohol at the time of the assault.
Although
alcohol consumption may put an individual at
increased risk of sexual assault, the survivor is
in no way responsible for the assault.
The perpetrators are responsible for the
assault, and the choices they made.
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