Date rape
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"Date rape", often referred to as “acquaintance rape”, is an assault or attempted assault by usually a new acquaintance involving sexual intercourse without mutual consent.[1][2]
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[edit] Drug-facilitated date rape
Drug-facilitated date rape is the use of drugs to assist the attacker in a rape. The drug can be any substance that is physical or mind altering. The phenomenon is not new. Instances of Drug facilitated sexual assault have been found in the Bible.[3]
Rohypnol[4] (trade name for Flunitrazepam), is commonly known as a “club drug” because it is usually used in dance clubs and raves. Street names include: Circles, Forget Pill, LA Rochas, Lunch Money, Mexican Valium, Mind Erasers, Roach, Roopies, Roofies, R-2, Roches Dos, Rope, Rophies, Stupifi, Shays, etc.[1][5]
Ketamine[6] is commonly known as: Black Hole, Bump, Cat Valium, Green, Jet, K, Kit Kat, Psychedelic heroin, Purple, Special K, Super Acid, Keller, Super C, etc.[5][7]
[edit] Laws
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In 1996, President Clinton signed the Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act. This act punishes for the use of the drug called Rohypnol. Four years later, the president signed another legislation banning GHB.
People who use date rape drugs have a risk of up to an additional 20 years in prison. Any possession of Rohypnol, even if there is no intent of using it, has a sentence of up to three years in prison. Every state has laws pertaining to rape.[8][9][10]
[edit] Statistics
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73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger. 38% of rapes involve a friend or acquaintance. [11]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Men Against Sexual Assault, http://www.sa.rochester.edu/masa/drugs.php[dead link]
- ^ "Perspectives on Acquaintance Rape" The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. http://www.aaets.org/arts/art13.htm
- ^ Aggrawal, Anil. (April 2009). "References to the paraphilias and sexual crimes in the Bible". J Forensic Leg Med 16 (3): 109–14. doi:. PMID 19239958. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B8CY1-4TRHCD9-1&_user=5081486&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000047720&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=5081486&md5=ccfb8545a50236e6819a0666ba569db2.
- ^ “Drug Information: R Rohypnol (Flunitrazepam) | Ritalin (Methylphenidate” DEA. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/r_p.html
- ^ a b "Date Rape Drugs" U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Women's Health, http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/date-rape-drugs.cfm
- ^ DEA Resources, For Law Enforcement Officers, Intelligence Reports, Club Drugs: An Update
- ^ Men Against Sexual Assault, http://www.sa.rochester.edu/masa/drugs.php
- ^ State Rape Statutes http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/vaw_rape_statute.pdf
- ^ Drug Facilitated Rape: Looking for the Missing Pieces, http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/jr000243c.pdf
- ^ Drug Facilitated Rape http://www.helpandhealing.org/Drug%20Facilitated%20Rape.htm
- ^ "The Offenders" RAINN, http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-offenders
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