The drug rohypnol became well known
when somebody posted a piece on
Facebook advising ladies to beware of
the substance, which is now being used
by uncrupulous men to lace the drinks
of ladies and later rape them. Considering the recent incident which
claimed the life of Cynthia Osukogu, a
pretty damsel murdered by two
supposed friends she met through
Facebook, the global social networking
site, one cannot be too careful these days. According to Wikipedia, a date
rape drug is any drug that sometimes
can be used to assist sexual assault.
Sexual assault is any type of sexual
activity that a girl or a woman doesn’t
agree to (non-consensual sexual act or intercourse (date rape). Such sexual assault can include
touching that is not okay, putting
something into the vagina, sexual
intercourse, rape and attempted rape.
Such drugs are powerful and dangerous
and can be used to facilitate sexual assault through sedative, hypnotic,
dissociative and or amnesiac effects.
Most times, the criminal subtly slips the
drug into the food or drink without the
victim’s knowledge. Since the drugs
most often do not have colour, smell or taste, one cannot tell if they are being
drugged. The act of adding such
substances to drinks is known as “drink
spiking”. The reasons for drink spiking include
maliciousness, theft, sexual assault and/
or rape and can be used on both
females and males. The drugs can make
one become weak and confused or
even pass out so that the victim are unable to refuse sex or defend oneself.
If one is drugged, there is a high
tendency to not remember what
happened while being raped. There are
three most commonly used drugs for
date rape . They’re Rohypnol This is the trade
name for flunitrazepam and is known
by other names like roofies, forget pill,
mind erasers, lunch money and others.
Rohypnol comes as a pill that dissolves
in liquids. Some are small, round and white. Newer pills are oval and green-
gray in colour. When slipped into a drink, a dye in
these new pills makes clear liquids turn
bright blue and dark drinks turn cloudy.
This colour change might be hard to see
in a dark drink, like cola or dark beer or
in a dark room. Also the pills with no dye are still available and may be
ground into a powder. GHB This is the acronym for gamma
hydroxybutyric acid. It’s also known as
easy lay, bedtime scoop, energy drink,
gamma 10, great hormones, liquid
ecstasy and others. GHB may be a liquid
with no odor or color, white powder or pill. It might give one’s drink a slightly
salty taste. Mixing it with a sweet drink such as
fruit juice can mask the salty taste.
Ketamine This is also known as bump,
jet, black hole, super acid and other
names. Ketamine comes as a liquid and
a white powder. These drugs are very powerful and affect victims very
quickly without one’s knowledge. It’s
effects last differently. It depends on
how much of the drug is taken and if
the drug is mixed with other drugs or
alcohol. Alcohol makes the drugs even stronger
and can cause serious health problems
or even death. Any drug that can affect
judgment and behavior can put a
person at risk of unwanted or risky
sexual activity. Alcohol is one of such drugs and remains the most commonly
used date rape drug. It is most
commonly used to help commit sexual
assault. It is readily available as well as
legal and many assailants use alcohol
because their victims often willingly imbibe it, and can be encouraged to
drink enough to lose inhibitions or
consciousness . When a person drinks too much alcohol,
it is harder to think clearly; set limits
and make good choices. A person may
not be able to tell when a situation
could be dangerous; say ‘no’ to sexual
advances; fight back if a sexual assault occurs and it is possible to blackout and
to have memory loss. Rohypnol can be felt within 30 minutes
of being drugged and can last for
several hours. If one is drugged with
rohypnol, the effect is seen in the form
of muscle relaxation or loss of muscle
control, difficulty with motor movements (trouble standing), drunken
feeling (might look and act like
someone drunk), problems talking
(slurred speech), nausea, can’t
remember what happened while
drugged, loss of consciousness (black out), confusion, problem seeing,
dizziness, sleepiness, lower blood
pressure, and death. In addition, Rohypnol also causes a
decrease in blood pressure; stomach
and intestinal upset; and urinary
retention. GHB is very potent and takes
effect in about 15 minutes and can last
3 or 4 hours. A very small amount can have a big effect and so it is easy to
overdose. Most of it is made by people
in home or street ‘labs’ so one doesn’t
know what is in it or its effects. GHB can cause unusual relaxation,
intense drowsiness, dizziness, nausea,
respiratory depression, problem seeing,
loss of consciousness (black out),
seizures, temporary memory loss,
difficult breathing, tremors, sweating, vomiting, slow heart rate, dream-like
feeling, coma and death. Ketamine is
very fast acting. The victim might be
aware of what is happening but be
unable to move. It also causes memory
problem. Later, one might not be able to remember what happened when
drugged. Ketamine can also cause distorted
perceptions of sight and sound, loss of
sense of time and identity, out of body
experiences, dream-like feeling, and
feeling out of control, impaired motor
function, problems breathing, convulsions, vomiting, memory
problems, numbness, loss of
coordination, aggressive or violent
behavior, depression, high blood
pressure and slurred speech. Some of
these drugs are legal when lawfully used for medical purposes but that
doesn’t mean that they are safe. For instance, rohypnol where it is legal
is prescribed for sleep problems and to
assist anesthesia before surgery.
Ketamine is used as an anesthetic for
humans and animals but mostly
animals while GHB is used to treat problems from narcolepsy (a sleep
disorder). Since these drugs are
powerful and can hurt, they should be
used with a doctor’s order and care.
There’s the Nigeria (factor) system to
consider if one is to escape being a victim. In order to protect one’s self from being
a victim, the following tips are very
helpful: Don’t accept drinks from other
people; open containers yourself; keep
your drink with you at all times even
when you go to the bathroom; don’t share drinks; don’t drink from punch
bowls or other common open
containers- they may already have
drugs in them. If someone offers to get
you a drink from a bar or at a party, go
with the person to order your drink. Watch the drink being poured and carry
it yourself; don’t drink anything that
tastes or smell strange(sometimes GHB
tastes salty); have a non drinking friend
with you to make sure nothing
happens; if you realize you left your drink unattended, throw it out. Lastly, if
you feel drunk and haven’t drunk any
alcohol or if you feel like the effects of
drinking alcohol are stronger than
usual, get help right away.
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Good education for women. . .
Always rent your own hotel rooms and let your family members know ALL your dates and male friends.
Never deal with men who move around in groups like 'area fadas and sons' PLCs!
Send pictures of all your male friends to your family members FIRST. . .BEFORE YOU MEET THEM!
Never follow strange men to their homes without taking taking pictures of their homes/apts when you get there.
Never go on 'group' dates with OTHER FEMALES AND MALES!

understand the concept of "prey".

dont allow yourself to be one.

and dont assume someone can be trusted just because they're charming, have charisma, or for whatever reason.

let birds of a feather flock together.