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According to an Australian study, being roofied is mostly a myth, and many young women who think they might have been slipped a mickey actually just drank too much. Toxologist Mark Little said, "Drink-spiking with sedatives or illicit drugs appears to be rare and, if it does occur, alcohol appears to be the most common agent."
Read why we kind of agree with science after the jump.
Obviously, when women do actually get roofied, it's no laughing matter. But what about when our drunk and dramatic sorority sister proclaimed she was drugged the night she woke up topless in the campus pond? Roofied? Or just really embarrassed that she drank waaay too much and took her clothes off?
Makes sense, since recent research has revealed that alcohol goes to our heads in just six minutes, much quicker than we would have said it takes us to catch a buzz. Alcohol affects women more strongly and quickly than men, so if we're trying to go head-to-head with the boys, we're bound to find ourselves suddenly feeling way drunker than we think we should be. Instead of blaming the fifth vodka tonic, we wonder if somebody could have slipped us something.
What do you think? Can we stop taking our drinks with us to the bathroom? Do you know anyone who has actually been roofied?
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Tuesday 16 June
By askdrbuzz
I've been studying this for years, and have never found a proven case. The cause is likely alcohol, the #1 date rape drug.
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Saturday 27 June
By peggy
bull - don't protect the roofie giver
Sunday 30 August
By JS
It's hilarious how the "scientist" says "it appears to be rare..." He did not say "it IS rare." HUGE difference. What he's basically saying is that there is no proof whatsoever, but he's gonna take an ignorant guess and say that women are moslty not roofied. Maybe it never occured to this douchebag that most women DON'T REPORT having been roofied or know whether or not it happened to them. Not all women know how to identify the effects of roofies, and most don't report it to the police when they do, just like most don't report being raped. Its getting to the point where men can get away with doing anything and a woman can't report it for fear of no one believing her. By the way, HUGE difference between waking up hungover and waking up after being roopied. The author of this article should be EMBARASSED of herself for making it that much harder for roofied/raped women to get help. Why does it matter if she was roofied or just drunk, the point is that someone took advantage of her when she was passed out.
Monday 28 September
By Vee
I THINK ANDREA NEEDS A GOOD ROOFIE AND ASS RAPING
Tuesday 16 June
By A
I have experienced this firsthand. After one drink at a party, I blacked out for the rest of the night, vomited all over the place, woke up hungover as hell the next morning, and felt extremely ill for the whole next day. my eyes were bright red no matter how many eyedrops i used, and i was nauseous to say the least. This is after less than 1/4 the alcohol i would use to actually get drunk. The symptoms are exactly like what you would experience from drinking too much, but considering the small amount I drank, I know that I was roofied. Perhaps it is not the real culprit all the time, but I don't think you should belittle or undermine women's claims. To me, it is similar to saying many women call rape when something goes wrong after a consensual sexual encounter-- perhaps it is a lie sometimes, but saying it is most of the time robs women who have actually experienced a crime of their believability.
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Wednesday 17 June
By Sandra
I also was slipped something after someone bought me a drink while i was taking a smoke and bathroom break ... i had only 2 drinks and my b/a level was .16 when i got to the hospital( i weigh over 200 lbs) ... the people I was out with said some guy was trying to pour stuff into their drinks while i was gone and they stopped him but I guess they let him pour it into mine huh ...of course I didn't hear about that until I got out the hospital the next day .....within 15 minutes of drinking my drink i was feeling sick and when i went to the bathroom my eye site when away and i couldn't get out of there .. the girl i was with called the ambulance and they took me to the ER ....... I choose not to do drugs and It still pisses me off that someone gave me drugs.... only one nurse in the ER believed me the other thought i was just some drunk dummy... and the police officer i talked to didn't seem to believe me either ... Id love to find the guy and beat him to this day and this happened about 9 years ago ... So now those with no proof of women being drugged have proof ...
Friday 26 June
By ponchmd
If you blacked out then you probably were roofied. All the other examples given here (AKA Sandra) just prove the article right which is "it does take much for a female to feel the affects of alcohol and it takes as little as 6 minutes".
Wednesday 17 June
By april5k
i got roofied by a skateboarding legend at a motorhead concert in LA. i had 2 drinks and i was on the floor. a skate rep friend of mine later told me that he knows said legend and he does this to people for laughs. big laughs guy, thanks.
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Thursday 18 June
By Cat
In 2000, on New Years Eve,I was roofied by my current boyfriend or his bartender cousin. I had one mixed drink (coffee drink) and within 15 minutes
I was sick, throwing up,could barely keep my eyes open and had to be taken home. I knew something like that had happened so I played like I was falling
asleep in the bathtub and that I was going to drown to scare him for doing this to me. I actually was fighting (very hard) the urge to fall asleep in the bath. I made sure he had gone,locked the door and fell asleep quickly for the night owl I usually am.
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Wednesday 17 June
By TD
I don't drink alcohol...and this did happen to me. I was at a dance club and set my drink (non-alchoholic) on a table near the dance floor within sight. After dancing two songs I returned to retrieve my drink (Coca Cola in a glass) and finished it off. Within 3 - 5 minutes I started feeling "out of body", everything was an echo, I had vision disturbances (the room was woobly) and I became extremly ill. I headed out the door for some fresh air and immediately started to violently vomit. So, "yes" it does happen and "no" you cannot leave your drink out of your site for one moment. I am more careful now, I even palm my glass while I am not drinking just in case someone tries to distract me.
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Thursday 18 June
By tjv
sandra... a roofie doest not effect you BAC only alcohol does
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Thursday 18 June
By leah
but GHB does........
Thursday 08 July
By mic
thats her point...she was roofied because her BAC was low.
Thursday 18 June
By Mkultra
I went through this once myself! It happened about 2 to 3 years ago. I'm still in therapy from it. First of all I'm a male. I was on vacation in Malibu. Me and a few friends went to a nightclub where I started flirting with this girl who looked somewhat familar to me. I know I saw this girl from somewhere. Anyway, the night went on and so did the drinking and dancing. I asked her if she wanted to go back to my hotel room and that I"d call a cab. She said that she had her own condo near by. So I said what the hell! We went by limo(she said it was her personal limo). We had a few more drinks in the limo and then all I remember was total blackness. I came to the next day lying in bed with the one, the only Britney Spears!!! Fellas, watch it when you drink on vacation! Or else a tragic event like this could happen to you!
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Friday 19 June
By .
good one douche bag
Thursday 18 June
By mo
I was at a hotel party, I was with this guy I really liked. His cousin(a girl) came by with a few gheto dudes, who were not very friendly. I was sitting on the couch next to this guys cousin (I was only on my first drink) I asked her what she was drinking, it sounded good, she said "do you want to try it" "sure" I said. I don't remember getting up off the couch. Hours later i snap into it and this guy who I was head over heals for (like never felt this way about anyone, never would have thought of screwing around with his ugly friend.) However apparently I did or he screwed around with me and I have no memory of what really happened that night. So anyway that was pretty much the end of me and this guy I was totally crazy about. He was crazy about me too before that happened!
So I know that did not happen from less than one Margarita and one sip of a rum drink!!!!
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Thursday 18 June
By xsnowbirdx
i went to a local bar. i sat next to the waitress stand where they pick up their drink orders , i thought it was a safe place to sit. i got up and went to the ladies room and sure enough thats all i remember. i woke up in some mans house that i did not know and i was pissed. i didnt do drugs and i know i was drugged. that was in 1990. i dont drink at all now and i was an occasional drinker then.i dont even go out. i was drugged and raped. bottom line. i called the police and brought them to the house but the guy wasnt around and the cops just chalked it up to alcohol. why would i call a cop. i was single. there was no one that would be mad at me for sleeping with someone. i was drugged. i am now on xanax. when someone puts a few crushed xanax in your drink. you cannot taste it. its not bitter like most drugs. this drug mixed with alcohol is lethal. dont trust anyone at all when out in public.!!!!!!
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Thursday 18 June
By LESSONLEARNED
Don't put your drink down and leave it unattended, in a club/bar/party. Don't take an opened beer/drink from anyone. Getting roofied doesn't only happen to women, this happened to my brother. Maybe it was just someone trying to get a laugh out of it. or maybe it was worse intentions. Good thing, my brother got home safe.
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Thursday 18 June
By La
Being roofied isn't a joke, and it does happen. And a lot of these stories are probably false. I was in a classic situation, I was young and offered a drink at a college bar. I experienced dizzy spells and had to sit down after about 20 minutes. I then went outside for a smoke and some fresh air, I just felt very strange, it had not occurred to me that the drink could have been drugged. My roommate found me sitting outside making out with the guy who had offered me the drink inside, which she had seen from the dance floor. She suspected what was going on, and took me home. I don't remember anything from that point on, but I had been texting while I was at the bar, and had invited several friends over to hang out after I got home from the bar. They were waiting there when we got home, and the next morning told me all about how I was sitting on the couch with them, awake, but not myself. They were putting my finger in my nose and silly things like that, but in reality it is scary how I did not comprehend it as they were doing it. I am so lucky my night ended safely, and feel comfortable sharing this story with others, especially young girls that like to go out drinking! I actually ended up seeing the guy at a bar a couple weeks ago, with a girl it looked like he was in a relationship with. It was karaoke night, and I had thought he looked familiar, but when I heard his unique name called, I knew it was him. I debated calling him out, but felt compassion towards him. Its also important for people to know that we are all human and make mistakes, and he had definitely changed from the night I met him years ago. The moral of this story is don't get involved with illegal drugs of this negative nature, and be careful and watch out for others!
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Thursday 18 June
By squirrelly18
I've also been roofied at a party. I had 3 beers spread out over 5 hours and somehow couldn't make it out to the car. Luckily, my friend got me home safe when he realized i wasn't acting right. He thought i just had too much to drink too bc we hadn't been together all night. I'm not a lightweight, and wasn't drinking much bc i had to be up in the morning for a job interview. I don't remember getting home and was told I threw up til way past 5 am. I'm still furious about this. I've always been careful and even took my drinks with me to the bathroom that night. When I told the host of the party, the name of the last guy i had talked to, she said there was no one by that name at the party, yet everyone seemed to know him when he walked in.
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