>To: [log in to unmask]
>From: Joan Schwanz <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: FWD: This is serious guys!! (fwd)
>
>>From: Sarah Pivnick <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: Joan Schwanz <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: FWD: This is serious guys!! (fwd)
>>X-Sender: [log in to unmask]
>>Date: Mon, 25 Nov 96 03:53:30 +0000
>>
>>Hi mom!  Thought you might find this interesting; I'm not sure if you've
>>heard of it or not.
>>
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>>Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:29:57
>>From: shorrell <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: FWD: This is serious guys!! (fwd)
>>
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>>From: [log in to unmask]
>>Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 02:04:34 -0500 (EST)
>>To: Tracy Mason
>>Subject: This is serious guys!! (fwd)
>>
>>
>>
>>> > >>-
>>> > >>> This is very serious. Guys use it to make a girl all drugged and
>>then
>>> > >>> offer them a ride home as soon as they start feeling the drug
>>(after 5
>>> > >>> min, they're too drugged to know that they're drugged)  Then they
>>can
>>> > >>> rape them without resistance, and the girl won't remember what
>>happened
>>> > >>> when she wakes up in the morning.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> This is very scary, as it can happen anywhere to anyone. What is
>>this
>>> > >>> world coming to.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>                ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS!!!
>>> > >>> Please be aware that a form of date rape drug is circulating!
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Q: What is it?
>>> > >>> A: The brand name of the drug is Rohpnol. It is banned in North
>>> > >>> America. Often called roofies, rape, la roche, rib, R-2, or rope.
>>> > >>> Although the actual pharmaceutical form is pill, it is known to be
>>> > >>> circulating as an illegal liquid knock-off (gamma-hydroxbutyrate
>>> > >>> or flunitrazepam)
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Q: what does it do?
>>> > >>> A: created to be a tranquilizer, it is 10x more potent than Valium
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:
>>> > >>> - slipped into a drink it is odorless, colorless, and tasteless, so
>>if
>>> > >>> the drink tastes fine, don't be fooled
>>> > >>> - the drug takes effect in 5-10 minutes
>>> > >>> - creates extreme sedation, amnesia, muscle relaxation, slowing of
>>> > >>> reflexes, slurred speech, bloodshot eyes  ie. to everyone else, it
>>> > >>> looks like drunkeness
>>> > >>> - from first hand observation, it can also cause hallucination,
>>> > >>> insomnia, and extreme disorientation
>>> > >>> - my friend didn't know who I was or where she was
>>> > >>> - it reacts violently with alcohol, augmenting the effects, and
>>> > >>> potentially leading to respiratory depression, aspiration, and
>>death
>>> > >>> - basically: if you don't have someone around that knows you,
>>no-one
>>> > >>> can tell if you're drugged or drunk
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> PREVENTION:
>>> > >>> - if you go out drinking, go with friends you know and trust
>>> > >>> - don't accept drinks from anyone unless you see the bartender
>>serve it
>>> > >>> - if you feel you have potentially been drugged, tell someone!!!
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> AVAILABILITY:
>>> > >>> - growing in popularity due to cheap manufacturing ($2-$5 per vial)
>>> > >>> - already seen in Ottawa, and Montreal, although some news reports
>>> > >>> claim that it isn't yet in Canada
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> PERSONAL STORY:
>>> > >>> Just last thursday at Gert's (The McGill student Pub), someone
>>claiming
>>> > >>> to be a student and speedskater offered my friend a beer. Within 5
>>> > >>> minutes, she couldn't stand. At first I thought she had drank too
>>much,
>>> > >>> but then I realized she was not acting normally and that she had
>>only
>>> > >>> had a couple of drinks. Unfortunately she is the only one who would
>>> > >>> recognize the individual,(and his friends who thought this
>>> > >>> was a game), but she has a complete memory loss of the night. By
>>the
>>> > >>> time I carried her home, she had no idea who I was, or where she
>>was,
>>> > >>> yet gave me no resistance. She was up for hours, tossing and
>>turning,
>>> > >>> disoriented, and frightened. An extremely horrifying experience for
>>> > >>> both of us. The next morning when she woke up she couldn't remember
>>> > >>> anything after drinking that beer: how she got home, that she had
>>been
>>> > >>> drugged, anything!
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> - this event is not the first of it's kind, and there's no way to
>>be
>>> > >>> sure that they didn't try this on someone else that night. Someone
>>may
>>> > >>> have fallen victim and doesn't even realize it. The best way to get
>>rid
>>> > >>> of this community plague is to watch out and use common sense to
>>> > >>> protect yourself. THESE ARE NOT MIDDLE_AGED SCUZZY MEN....THESE ARE
>>> > >>> STUDENTS WHO THINK IT"S A GAME.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> - for more information, please contact your sexual assault centre.
>>> > >>>  you can also email myself at [log in to unmask]
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> PLEASE KEEP THIS CIRCULATING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. THE ONLY WAY TO
>>> > >>> PREVENT THIS IS THROUGH AWARENESS.
>>> > >>> Feel free to add any information you have regarding this drug, as a
>>> > >>> warning to EVERYONE out there.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Presented by the Phi Delta Epsilon
>>> > >>> Medical Fraternity
>>> > >>> (McGill Undergrad. chapter)
>>> > >>> October 7 1996
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Colleen
>>> >
>>> > "I SKI, THEREFORE I AM"
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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