CONTENTS

About This Course

Table of Contents

1. Getting The Basics
2. Substance Abuse
3. Violence Against Women
4. Violent Men
5. Alcohol and Violence
6. Alcohol, Drugs and Sexual Assault (Date Rape)
7. Preventing Sexual Assault
8. After a Rape or Sexual Assault
9. Assistance - Women
10. Assistance - Men
11. Legal Options

Supplements
Resources
Glossary
Fact Sheets

It Won't Happen to Me:
Substance Abuse-Related Violence Against Women for Anyone Concerned About The Issues

Rohypnol

The first drug is Rohypnol, also known as roofies, rope, roach, and the Forget-Me Pill.¹ It has never been approved in the United States for medical use, so it is impossible to get legally. However, it is sold and prescribed in more than 50 other countries. These include Mexico, Colombia, and several European countries.

Rohypnol is often added to a drink without the victim's knowledge because it is colorless, tasteless, and odorless.² It causes partial amnesia, so people can't remember certain events they experienced while under the influence of the drug.² Other common effects include vision problems, dizziness, drowsiness, confusion, disorientation, deep unresponsive sleep, and amnesia.³

Some people use Rohypnol to enhance a high from cocaine, alcohol, or other drugs. In addition, many men add it to a woman's drink before they intend to sexually assault or rape her. She will not clearly remember the assault, the assailant, or the events surrounding the attack.⁴

1. Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade. Drug Type: Rohypnol. Washington, DC: Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2002.
2. "Club Drugs." NIDA INFOFAX 13674. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2000.
3. Card, D. College campus: No safe haven. National Council of Jewish Women Journal, Fall 2001.
4. Drug Enforcement Agency. "Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol)." Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, 2001.