Historique
Périodique
Drug-facilitated sexual assault ('date rape')
Auteur(s) :
SCHWARTZ, R. H. ;
MILTEER R. ;
LEBEAU, M. A.
Année
2000
Page(s) :
558-561
Langue(s) :
Français
Refs biblio. :
18
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Note générale :
Southern Medical Journal, 2000, 93, (6), 558-561
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
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 (Rohypnol), a fast-acting benzodiazepine, and gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and its congeners are among the most popular drugs used for this purpose. The latter drug is easily procured at some gymnasiums, popular bars, discos, and rave clubs, as well as over the Internet. Perpetrators choose these drugs because they act rapidly, produce disinhibition and relaxation of voluntary muscles, and cause the victim to have lasting anterograde amnesia for events that occur under the influence of the drug. Alcoholic beverages potentiate the drug effects. We review several date-rape drugs, provide information on laboratory testing for them, and offer guidelines for preventing drug-facilitated sexual assault. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
A03708