Epidemiology: Date-rape drugs cause sedation and amnesia to the extent that their victims
cannot resist or may not be aware of a sexual assault. About 25% of the 1400 women who …

In the past few years, drug-facilitated sexual assaults have received widespread media
coverage. In addition to alcohol, the most frequently used date-rape drug, flunitrazepam …

More than 430,000 sexual assaults occur annually in the United States, according to
victimization surveys. 1 Many of these assaults involve alcohol and drugs, 2 which are often …

An estimated 1 in 4 women in the United States will be raped in their lifetimes.
Approximately 75% of all rapes are date or acquaintance rapes. Recently the illegal use of …

In 1975, Hoffmann–La Roche first marketed flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) in Europe and Latin
America for treatment of insomnia and for preoperative sedation. Recent press reports …

Sexual assault by an acquaintance (date rape) among young women and adolescents is an
increasing phenomenon. The use of drugs for the purpose of inducing amnesia and rapid …

Objective To describe gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), flunitrazepam, and ketamine and
their purported uses to facilitate acquaintance rape. Patient presentation characteristics …

Objective To obtain information about the relationship of alcohol and drug usage in victims
of sexual assault, including the newly identified" date rape" drugs gamma hydroxybutyrate …

This paper gives a general overview of the drug-facilitated sexual assault phenomenon.
Sexual assault perpetrated on both women and men, while incapacitated by so-called date …

Recent media coverage has raised awareness of the involvement of drugs, both licit and
illicit, in the crime of 'date'or 'acquaintance'rape. The term 'date rape drug'has been coined …