Date Rape On College Campuses

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As seniors in high school are committed to colleges and getting excited for some of the best years of their lives, they are preparing for early classes, late nights and good times. These teens have been looking forward to these years that have seemed to come so fast. Of course they’re getting excited about picking their dream job and looking forward to meeting life long friends that they should be able to trust. No one thinks about or mentions the number of rapes on college campuses. If the first thing colleges mentioned was the reported rapes on their campuses, would that change the minds of kids that have had a certain college in mind? Besides the reported date rapes, what about the estimated sexual assaults that go unreported? Knowing the facts and statistics about colleges and how they handle sexual assault cases would make anyone getting ready for college think twice about how safe they’re being and who they are trusting.
About 25% of females will encounter a pursued rape or will be raped during her college experience and …show more content…

Drugging someone in order to pleasure yourself could potentially put you in prison for 20 years. Rohypnol or “roofies” are known as the date rape drug on college campuses. Once rohypnol is slipped into a drink, they can’t be smelled and they dissolve almost immediately. (Schaffner) Gamma hydroxybutyric acid or GBA is a very common drug also. This drug causes drowsiness, hallucinations, confusion, memory loss, and numbing of the body. Rapists commonly use this drug because it's easily purchased on campus and this drug is very cheap. The last most common date rape drug is known as ketamine. Ketamine happens to be a horse or large cat tranquilizer that can be put in a drink or can be disguised as other drugs. Since ketamine is a tranquilizer, when it’s abused by humans, it causes them to become severely confused and then the person is put into a short coma depending on how much is taken.

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