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Date Rape Drug Test

The phrase “date rape drug” is somewhat new. It was first used in the early 1990s to describe drugs like Rohypnol (roofies), Ketamine, and gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), but it could refer to any drug utilized in an assault. If you think you were given a date rape drug or assaulted, you need to contact the police. If you want to be tested privately, do so as soon as possible because like all drugs, they leave your system in a few days. In order to confirm if you did or did not get drugged, call RaBu Diagnostics immediately. We have urine tests available that can detect the date rape drugs described below.

Rohypnol
 
Roofies, Tiles, Rs, Ropes, Wrist Breakers, DRSs, there are a lot of street names for Rohypnol. Years ago, the only version of Rohypnol, was a white tablet that usually came as part of a foil-packaged strip of ten. These are less common now. The most common version of this drug circulating today is football shaped and is blue. The blue is actually a dye purposely included to change the color of a drink. This does work, it will turn a user’s mouth and tongue completely blue, and if you drop one in a drink in your kitchen, it will be very noticeable. In the dark, at a club, doing shots… you aren’t going to notice it at all. Roofies are a very powerful sedative that is amplified many times when taken with alcohol. They are popular with the ‘upper’ crowds because a couple of roofies can put anyone to sleep, no matter how much cocaine they’re on.
 
Despite popular opinion, most of the time roofies are actually ingested on purpose. They are most dangerous when mixed with alcohol because the effects will come on slowly, giving the user time to go well past their limit. Once that line is crossed, recovery is impossible. It could take twenty minutes, or forty minutes, but the user will definitely pass out. This of course puts them in a very vulnerable situation. The situation described here is how many sexual assaults happen.

Gamma-HydroxyButyrate (GHB)

 
G, Water, GBH, Gamma-OH, Liquid E, Liquid H, Liquid X, Scoop, again there are many street names but in this case, “G” is clearly dominant. GHB is almost always a liquid but in the 1980s and early 1990s it was easily purchased over the counter in supplement stores as a powder. GHB found early popularity within the bodybuilding community because several studies found that GHB stimulates growth hormone release. Users find that GHB induces relaxation, mild euphoria, and lowering of inhibitions. GHB has some similar effects as alcohol but they are much shorter acting. It is not uncommon to see a user on GHB so intoxicated that they cannot walk and an hour later appear completely sober. The pleasant effects are extremely dose dependent and the lowering of inhibitions can quickly escalate. GHB is also very inexpensive and easy to make in the kitchen.
 
GHB and Date Rape
 
One aspect of GHB makes it less likely to be used for date rape. Although it is a clear liquid, and it definitely has contributed to assaults where the victims took GHB on purpose, the ‘slipped into the drink’ scenario is less likely because of the horrific taste of GHB. Users frequently mix GHB with things like juice.

Ketamine
 
Ketamine is an anesthetic primarily intended to tranquilize animals. It can be inhaled or ingested, and it induces amnesia. It is often used a rape drug because it is odorless and tasteless. It can cause hallucinations and can cause depression, high blood pressure, and respiratory problems.
 
For more information on RaBu Diagnostic you can contact us through our website by clicking here, email us at info@rabudiagnostic.com, or call us at 855-845-RABU(7228).
 
 
 

 

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