Talk:Date rape drug
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Doesn't seem like this should necessarily redirect to Rape. —alxndr (t) 05:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Ketamine? Odorless?
Companies around the world are making or trying to make paper coasters or drink stirries that change color when dabbed with a drink doctored with a date rape drug. These colorless and odorless tranquillisers can lull victims into a semi-comatose state, leaving them unable to remember what happened to them.
Ketamine may be colorless and is largely odorless, it is a strong HCl salt, and I have heard that it is extremely salty/bitter. It seems like it would be an inappropriate "date rape drug" - are there any news articles out there about this? I have a feeling that the use of ketamine as a date rape drug is more exaggerated than the "date rape drug" phenomena in general- while it has happened, and it's #$@%ING TERRIBLE when it does, it's probably just not terribly common. Overand 06:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Chloral hydrate
What about slipping someone a Mickey - is Chloral hydrate a date rape drug, or could date rape drugs be considered a Mickey. - Matthew238 04:56, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Covered drinks
According to a TV documentary I watched, in some city (Paris? Berlin?) glasses are served with a cover for rape fears. --Error 00:19, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] More statistic, please!
The study from the UK is great, but more statistics like it are needed. The idea of "Data Rape Drugs" is propoganda churned out by American media to support the government's War on drugs. As in most anti-drug propoganda, Ethanol is the largest offender in the class of complaints, and for whatever reason, society seems to be able to tolerate that drug but not others. Note the use of the language "drugs and alcohol" in the "Combating the drugs" section; Somehow "alcohol" is seperate from "drugs", and since we have a War on drugs we need to Combat them.
