Labelling this a 'date rape drug' is such nonsense.
I quit drinking alcohol due to this drug as well. I'll never have a sip of booze again so long as I live and I really needed to do that. I won't have so much as an alcohol infused chocolate. That stuff is disgusting, horrible poison, it sickens me to death yet I would always have many more drinks than I intended to because it turns me into somebody different after a drink or two and I don't think straight. Then I would get hungover as fuck, and the only way out was hair of the dog. Those were miserable times and my ability to function was significantly impaired... damage of the body and mind.
I have never, ever, not even once gone overboard with the benzos. I have never experienced any memory loss, felt out of control of myself, had cravings to take more if I was already medicated, and etizolam or any other benzo has never in any way impaired my ability to function normally at all... in fact they've been a life saver for my chronic panic attacks and severe chronic pain in my spine. If etizolam goes down then I've still got alprazolam, clonazepam, lorazepam, and diazepam so fuck 'em, I'll never stop.
This is complete and utter bullshit. These folks must really be fuckin' the dog if they have time to write out and pass legislation banning a really great skeletal muscle relaxant and anti-anxiety medicine, while expounding awful propaganda to the masses. Are there not more significant world issues for these clowns to tackle. Perhaps the news is just a bluff for the real reason behind this, that it's taking money away from the pharms. Then it would make more sense why anyone even bothered to do this, if there was a bribe from the pharms.
If you've got children, watch out! There's a new menace in town that every parent should be aware of - the devil etizolam! Kids are blacking out and getting date raped left, right and center... yeah, with booze as their tool of abuse. You're hard pressed to find a young individual who drinks alcohol and doesn't use it to get fucked up and out of control, this is perfectly socially acceptable though. Puking your guts out, random and regrettable acts of violence etc., and blacking out with no recollection is just part of growing up. Everyone does it so it's fine, you're weird if you don't and you're not living it up. If a whole bunch of people decide to drive drunk, and the odd innocent person checks out from a hit and run... that's ok, we'll just brush that under the table. To think that poison filth is marketed in fancy bottles, promoted on tv, and is associated with adulthood and responsibility. The majority of the time - not always - it is used immaturely as a tool of abuse.
Ubiquitous wise words of the parents: "I don't care how much you drink tonight, so long as there aren't any drugs."