Ruffies The Date Rape Drug They’re called "roofies," "R-2s," "rib," "rope," "The Club Drug," "Mexican Valium." The clinical name is Flunitrazepam, but it’s the effect that is important. It’s called the "date rape drug" because one of its most frightening and dangerous uses is to commit sexual assault: a drug slipped into a drink without the victim’s knowledge. Roofies are tasteless, colorless, odorless, and they dissolve in liquid within seconds. When the drug is taken or ingested alone
is prescribed in those places for treatment of anxiety and insomnia. Although the drug is not manufactured or prescribed in the United States, it is homemade or smuggled into the country and distributed. Rohypnol is the trade name for the drug flunitrazepam a benzadiazepine which is a central nervous system depressant like Valium but 10 time more potent. The marketed drug looks like aspirin, but has a single or cross-scored on one side with ROCHE spelled across it with the number 1 or 2 encircled
ROHYPNOL By Jenet Rohypnol is a drug commonly known as the date rape drug. According to the article “Drug-Facilitated Date Rape,” by Erica Weir, Rohypnol is not a legal drug in the United States or Canada but it is legal in 62 countries in Europe, Africa, Latin American and the Middle East. It is one of the most commonly used sleeping pill or anti-anxiety drug (Benzodiazepine) in these countries. People can get Rohypnol by prescription. Its main function is to depress the central nervous system
Sterility Drug Progesterex Urban Legend The source for this urban legend is a 19 year old male of Palestinian descent who is currently studying engineering at Montgomery College. His father owns a heating and air conditioning company and his mother is manager for a high school cafeteria. This source first heard the story on the Internet when he received the story on an online Web group. He then spread the warning to all of his contacts. You should tell all the girls you know to be careful because
Drugs and nightclubs Drugs are illegal in most countries and the extermination of drugs has always been one of our most important worldwide issues. Ending the existence of drugs is one of the toughest and most complicated goal we face. With all the effort we put into the issue, why is there little success? Lack of effort is not a major reason the attempts are failing. It is the lack of understanding that leads to the misdirection and failure of the attempts. As long as a strong desire to use drugs
While it is popularly associated that rape involves a kidnapping of some type by a criminal that the victim has never come in contact with before, this belief has been disproved over the years by the number of cases of acquainted rape, also known as date rape. Date rape is forced or coerced sex between partners, dates, friends, friends of friends, or general acquaintances, often with the illegal use of drugs to alter the state of mind of the victim. Recent statistics show that the most common form
Rohypnol is a very strong benzodiazepine. It is ten times more powerful then any other benzodiazepine valium, the effects are felt very fast by any user. The drug usually works on the body for up to eighteen hours or (sometimes longer). Also during that time the user will feel many symptoms and some are: Drowsiness, disoriented, and they can loss consciousness. Most people when they take Rohypnol will suffer from a form of amnesia that prohibits memory formation for as long as they have the drug
theories medications that are found in the public arena today. The three most regular medications are Rohypnol, Gamma Hydroxybutyric (GHB) and Ketamine. Rohypnol is the exchange name for Flunitrazepam, a medication that goes about as a soothing, muscle relaxant, sleep inducing, and upper. While Flunitrazepam is called Rohypnol
amnesiac and dissociative effects on the victims and are always added to food and drinks without the victims’ knowledge. In addition to alcohol, the three frequently used date rape drugs available are gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), rohypnol (flunitrazepam), and ketamine (ketamine hydrochloride), however, the number one date rape drug is alcohol. Alcohol is best known drug th... ... middle of paper ... ...e rape drugs are life threatening and the society should be aware of them and learn to be
that Anthony offered to walk her back to her sister’s apartment, but cannot recall any memory after that. When her blood work and sexual assault screening results came back it was found that she had no alcohol in her system. However, she did have flunitrazepam, also known as the “date rape drug,” in her system and her sexual assault screening proved to be
Examples of Depressants Not many people are aware that some of the chemicals they use to induce sleep or relieve stress are classified as depressants. One of the many examples of depressants commonly used is alcohol, which can depress the central nervous system. Other popular downers include tranquilizers, sedatives and anxiolytics. Although some of these are prescribed by doctors to their patients, some are recreational substances that are abused by people without knowing the risks involved. Part
it is also known as the forget me pill, Mexican Valium, roofies, and rope. Those names are called street names. Usually those are names people or drug dealers call it. There is also a scientific name for this drug. It is scientifically known as flunitrazepam. Rohypnol can be very addictive.”It's important to seek medical help if you are addicted to Rohypnol because of the dangerous withdrawal symptoms.”(www.brown.edu) It takes some time to recover. This is a very powerful drug and it can be very
Feminism has nothing to do with belittling men, feminism does not reinforce sexism for either gender. Feminism works towards equality, not female superiority. In the speech titled “ He for She” by Emma Watson, she introduces today 's issues on female equality. Feminism does not only empower women. As human beings we should all seek to empower one another and work towards change as a single community rather than a divided gender population. Both men and women can become advocates to change the systemic
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Sexual assault on campus 90 percent of the victims of sexual assault are women and 10 percent are men, and nearly 99 percent of offenders in single-victim assaults are men (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2010). According to https://www.justice.gov/ovw/sexual-assault, Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are sexual activities as forced sexual intercourse, forcible sodomy, child
BENZODIAZEPINES: USE, ABUSE, WITHDRAWAL AND DEPENDENCE INTRODUCTION: Benzodiazepine is considered as a drug with high addictive potential. Dependence develops with long term use of even with therapeutic dose. As benzodiazepines are widely prescribed for various conditions, particularly insomnia and anxiety, therapeutic dose dependence are the largest category of people dependent on benzodiazepine. Benzodiazepines are one of the most prescribed drugs which have abuse potential. There must be special
Rape on College Campuses Nicole Johnson*, a 22-year-old senior at an area university looks back at her college experience as graduation approaches, generally happy with how everything turned out, however, a dark cloud still looms over her freshman year when she was raped. “I went to a party with a few girls I just met,” Nicole recalls. “I had two beers and felt really drunk and could barely stand up.” After lying down in an empty room in the apartment, Nicole only remembers the moment she woke
No Means No Sexual assault has been an issue this country and almost every other has faced for decades. Since the 1700s, the term date rape has been around to distinguish between rape by a stranger and rape by an acquaintance. Alcohol and drugs are commonly used in date rapes to make the victim incapacitated and therefore an easier target. There are many drugs out there that are usedto commit date rapes. Three of the most known are roofies, GHB, and ketamine. The refusaland dismissive response
Drug Abuse Among American Teenagers Drug abuse in America is a major problem. Especially among teenagers. Drugs have hurt the lives of nearly 40 percent of all teenagers in America. Either with health problems, DWIs, highway crashes, arrests, impaired school and job performance. These drugs that teenagers use range from Alcohol, LSD, Marijuana, and even Cigarettes. Most of the teenagers that are involved in drug abuse have either, broken families, parents that are drug abusers, a unstable environment