Toxicological Investigations in Drug-facilitated Sexual Assault
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We present a general overview of the drug-facilitated sexual assault phenomenon in the United States sexual abuse of both women and men, while under the influence of so-called “date-rape” drugs, has been the focus of many investigations. Throughout the 1990s, an alarming increase in anecdotal reports of this crime as well as in the number of scientific publications on drug-facilitated sexual assault has been observed. Reported “date-rape” drugs include flunitrazepam with other benzodiazepines such as diazepam, temazepam, clonazepam, oxazepam, and also GHB, ketamine, scopolamine, and many others. We describe the most recent analytical developments in the toxicological investigation of drug-facilitated rape to confirm the presence of the drug and to help successfully prosecute the perpetrator.
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