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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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Saturday 07 August
By mike
sounds like there are some women making up crap up in here or are too stupid and just wont accept they passed out from drinking. Accept responabilty if you are roofied you wouldnt remember it or the moments before you took it. Sounds like people got drunk passed out and only remeber the part about drinking 2 beers and forgetting the other 4 they drank.
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Monday 20 September
By wtfff
Last night someone made a drink for my friend and slipped something (most likely ruphalin, as she could not stand or walk for the rest of the night) in her drink. I had sip of it (though I had been drinking a lot before) and she finished the drink. Within 15 minutes we had both blacked out. My blackout lasted about 3 hours, hers the whole night. I have never blacked out for longer than three minutes before. Do not tell me this is an urban legend. On a side note, does anyone know how long the effects last? I still cant think straight and I have a test to study for
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Monday 24 January
By Blythe
Women being affected worse than men by alcohol is a sexist hypothesis not backed up by science that is blaming the victim. That's implying that processing alcohol varies by a genotype found in women only. It's quite the generalization. A particular woman may handle her alcohol better than a particular man. Even considering things like the ALDH alleles that are associated with alcoholism, it is clear that societal factors contribute more to alcoholism than biology.
Secondly, not all rapes are reported, and many who have been date raped may not ever remember, not come forward because they can't remember and can't be sure, or may have known the one who did it. This kind of science is counterproductive, and the studying of urban legends is kind of out of the field of a toxicologist. Granted, there are women who have used alcohol or date rape drugs as an excuse for their behavior, it is damaging to assign this type of behavior to victims of rape, and to women in general.
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