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Alcohol and other drugs

المؤلف:  Sue Jickells , Adam Negrusz (Editors)

المصدر:  Clarkes Analytical Forensic Toxicology

الجزء والصفحة:  296

2026-10-25

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Alcohol and other drugs

Other sedative drugs associated with DFSA include scopolamine, barbiturates, muscle relax ants such as carisoprodol, cyclobenzaprine and meprobamate, diphenhydramine and other benzodiazepines. As shown from the studies of Scott-Ham and Burton (2005) and the University of Illinois at Chicago, alcohol and/or other drugs are also important in cases where DFSA is alleged and, in fact, may play a greater role than the sedative drugs typically associated with this crime. One of the major conclusions arising from Scott-Ham and Burton’s work is that ‘There are a variety of drugs that can be used for this type of crime [DFSA] and investigators should not concentrate only on the possible use of GHB and Rohypnol’ and also that ‘Alcohol consumption and use of illicit drugs should be considered as significant “risk factors” in such cases’. Drugs used in DFSA have depressant effects on their users. Symptoms reported by victims of alleged drug-facilitated rape include confusion, decreased heart rate, dizziness, drowsiness, impaired judgement, impaired memory, lack of muscle control, loss of consciousness, nausea, reduced blood pressure and reduced inhibition. All these effects can be synergistically enhanced if the drug is taken with alcohol. In addition, drugs used in DFSA induce amnesia, presumably one of the main reasons for their selection as ‘date-rape’ drugs.