'Rape' Drugs
'Rape' Drugs
'Rape' drugs are sedating substances and can be any drug that is used to facilitate a sexual assault. A victim of sexual assault can take a sedating substance unknowingly or voluntarily. When a person is under the influence of these substances, their ability to consent to sexual activity may be impaired. Even if a person is under the influence, rape is illegal.
Alcohol, the most commonly used sedating substance, is involved in 75-84% of acquaintance rape cases. Other sedating substances include: GHB (easy lay, liquid ecstasy), Rohypnol (roofies, rope), and Ketamine (vitamin K).
If you or a friend suffer an extreme or unusual reaction to alcohol or fear that you have been given a rape drug, help is available; go to the hospital and ask to be tested.
Resources for Sedating Substances Info & Help
- Committee Organizing Rape Education (CORE)
- 206-543-4238
- Sexual Assault & Relationship Violence Information Service (SARIS)
- 206-685-HELP (206-685-4357)
- King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC)
- 24-hour Crisis & Information Line
- 1-800-825-7273
- Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress
- 206-521-1800
- TDD/TTY 206-521-1808
- Hall Health
- 206-685-1025
