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The newest and most frightening form of drug-induced rape often involves date rape drugs. Date-rape drugs make victims pass out, making them unable to resist what is happening to them and unable to remember what happened to them during an assault. Date rape drugs, also known as predatory drugs, are any drugs used to assist in the execution of drug-facilitated sexual assaults. A drug-facilitated sexual assault is a date rape or acquaintance rape to which a person does not consent. Date rape drugs are used to assist sexual assault which includes sexual intercourse, rape and attempted rape, touching inappropriately and putting something in the vagina as the victims do not understand anything or in simple words sex that you do not agree to . Date rape drugs render victims unconscious but they react with little or no memory of what happened to them when the drug is in their system. Furthermore, these drugs make a person unable to think clearly. Date rape drugs are very powerful and dangerous. While they are most potent when mixed with alcohol, their impact can be just as dangerous when immersed in soda, water, or other beverages. These drugs are always put in drinks when you are not looking. These drugs have no color, taste or smell and you can't tell if they have been drugged. Date rape drugs have hypnotic, sedative, amnestic and dissociative effects on victims and are always added to food and drinks without the victims' knowledge. In addition to alcohol, the three most frequently used date rape drugs available are gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), rohypnol (flunitrazepam), and ketamine (ketamine hydrochloride), however, the number one date rape drug is alcohol. Alcohol is the most known drug... middle of paper...date rape drugs are life threatening and society should be aware of this and learn to be a brother's keeper while having fun in parties , in clubs and bars their drinks. Works Cited Bartol, C., R., & Bartol, A. M. (2012). Criminal behavior: a psychological approach. New York: Prentice Hall.Brown, edited by Jennifer M.; Campbell, Elizabeth A. (2010). The Cambridge handbook of forensic psychology (1st ed. publication). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. P. 548. Webber, Craig (2009). Psychology and crime. London: Sage. 67ElSohly MA, Salamone SJ. (1999). Prevalence of drugs used in cases of alleged sexual violence. J Anal toxic. 1999 May-June; 23(3):141-6.Smith K. Drugs used in acquaintance rape. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 1999; 39(3):519-525Weir E. Drug-facilitated rape. Journal of the Canadian Medical Association CMAJ 2001; 165(1):80.