Friday, March 4, 2011

Targets of Date Rape

                    It seems that women are more targets of date rape then men are , for example, 

Eleven women hospitalised in Washington after their drinks were spiked with a date rape drug at a university party. Eleven women were rushed to the hospital after suffering heavy overdoses at the same party , may have had their drinks spiked with a very powerful date rape drug. Men at the party attended by Central Washington University students on Saturday night are being quizzed among suspicion that the victims were specifically targetted because of their gender. 
All but one of the twelve people who fell sick were women. 
Roslyn-Cle Elium Police Chief Scott Ferguson have said that 
‘It’s certainly a concern we have – that the women were targetted more than the men for possible nefarious reasons,’ which isn't right at all.

                    None of the women who were overdosed said they had been drinking heavily or taking any drugs , most of the women said that they only had one or two alcoholic drinks that night. 
‘Their level of intoxication just didn’t seem to make sense,’ he said. ‘We don’t believe this was just a result of heavy drinking. Whatever happened up there was not consensual or agreed upon. they don't believe that this was just a result of heavy drinking either. police aren't exactly sure what drug they had used . they are suspecting that the drugs that was used in the date rape were Roofies or some type of ecstacy, but that has yet to been found out. 
                         
                    Roofie', short for rohypnol, is another name for flunitrazepam, a tasteless and odourless  sedative more commonly known as the date-rape drug because it also  
causes amnesia where the victim won't remember anything that happened. and ecstacy is a  (Medicine / Pharmacology) Slang 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; MDMA: a powerful drug that acts as a stimulant and can produce hallucinations. Many women were falling all over puking and getting sick , the ambulance was called immediately. the ones that brought their own alcohol or drink didn't fall sick, but the ones that didn't bring their own drinks all ended up puking. all the women who were hospitalized recovered in a few days. there were no suspects found, there was one man who was arrested when he was caught having sex with a half semi conscious woman , after he was arrested it was confirmed that the victim was actually his girlfriend. the university said everyone was shakened and saddened by this incident, and it will never be forgotten. 
                     That's why i feel you need to always make sure that you only drink at least a couple drinks so you don't get too intoxicated, that way you can remember what's going on in front of you. if the person starts coming on too strong come up with something to get them to back. what happened to these girls is sad and sickening, how could anyone in their right mind do that to someone this memory will haunt these girls for the rest of their lives. i don't think they'd wanna go to anymore party's after that, but some do. i just advise you to be cautious and careful. never lose sight of anything.i know if i was in that situation i wouldn't be able to forget about it for a long time. but i'm a very cautious and careful person and i will always keep my eye out and stay catious.

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