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Study finds date-rape drug use low
Thursday, September 30, 2010
By DOUGLAS QUAN, Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/mobile/iphone/story.html?id=3601407
Thursday, September 30, 2010
By DOUGLAS QUAN, Postmedia News
Don't accept drinks from strangers and never leave drinks unattended.
It's a warning young people have heard for years, and one that was recently reinforced by police in B.C. following the suspected gang rape of a girl, 16, at a rave party.
But the actual threat of drink spiking using so-called "date-rape drugs" appears to be very low, according to a recent Canadian study.
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In fact, there were only two positive findings of GHB and none for Rohypnol. And in one of the two GHB cases, the patient reported voluntarily taking the substance.
Studies out of Britain and Australia have made similar findings, calling drink tampering and the use of date-rape drugs to commit sexual assaults "uncommon" and a "very limited threat."
http://www.montrealgazette.com/mobile/iphone/story.html?id=3601407