Date rape drug
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Date rape drug refers to any drug that can be used to assist in the commission of a sexual assault (date rape). Drink spiking may also be undertaken for amusement purposes as well. The term originated in journalism and has no strict scientific or legal definition, because a wide variety of drugs can be used to incapacitate a person, and all of them have sometimes been taken willingly by people in other situations. Drugs used to facilitate rape may have sedative, hypnotic, dissociative, and/or amnesiac effects, and may be added to a food or drink without the victim's knowledge. One study of 75 patients, mostly women, who told doctors their drinks had been tampered with in pubs or clubs, suggested that in fact the patients had been rendered helpless by binge drinking.
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