Rohypnol, the 鈥渄ate rape drug鈥�, is taken by a few young women to reduce
social inhibition, a new study from Texas suggests. The finding could complicate
attempts to prosecute alleged drug rapists. Vaughn Rickert and colleagues at the
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston asked more than 900 sexually
active women between the ages of 14 and 26 about their drug use. Six per cent
had used Rohypnol, otherwise known as 鈥渞oofies鈥� (Pediatrics, vol 103, p
142).
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