Posted by Chairman_MAO on February 7, 2004, at 14:08:15
In reply to Re: date rape drug » Chairman_MAO, posted by scott-d-o on February 7, 2004, at 13:39:55
> not sure about that, but it is true that at higher doses it can easily put someone into a comatose state, meaning that they are sleeping and it is impossible to wake them up for about 4-5 hours. so I guess it's almost like necrophilia in a sense.. I've seen both alcohol and benzos do the same thing to people, but supposedly the difference in dosage between a euphoric high and comatose sleep is very small with GHB.
Exactly what I was thinking. Therefore, no single drug deserves the designation of "date rape drug". A few milligrams of alprazolam in a drink would have the same short-lived (and potentially fatal) incapacitating effect--with less chance of being detected by the victim than a few grams of salty-tasting GHB. Hell, clonazepam is MINTY. If a drug is to be designated "the date rape drug" based upon the number of unwilling participants in sexual acts it produces, there is only one choice: alcohol.
We should, as a society, stop worrying about the drugs and demonizing them for our ills and start asking the real questions, such as "HOW on EARTH could anyone ENJOY a sexual encounter with an unconscious person!??!?!?!?!"
The fact that raping someone carries less of an aggregate prison sentence than possession of GHB did when it was schedule I makes me want to renounce my citizenship.
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