Ninety percent of date or acquaintance rapes involve alcohol, and more than 50% of college women who were victims of date or acquaintance rape had been intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.2 Almost one-third (31%) of all rape victims developed PTSD sometime during their lifetime; and more than one in ten rape victims (11%) still has PTSD today. 4 Despite an overall drop in overall crime rates,there was a 20 percent increase in rapes, and a 33.3 percent increase in sexual assaults in 19993 In a national survey 27.7% of college women reported a sexual experience since the age of fourteen that met the legal definition of rape or attempted rape, and 7.7% of college men reported perpetrating aggressive behavior which met the legal definition of rape. 1 Rape victims were three times more likely than non-victims of crime to have ever had a major depressive episode (30% Vs 10%). Also, they were 3.5 times more likely to be currently experiencing a major depressive episode (21% Vs 6%). 4 Rohypnol is known as the date rape drug because in combination with alcohol, it can induce a blackout with memory loss and a decrease in resistance to sexual advances. It is often slipped into the drinks of unsuspecting women and goes undetected because it is odorless and tasteless 2 14% of all sexual assaults occur to someone between the ages of 18-24. (Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics. U.S. Department of Justice, 2000.) 5 Analysis of a sample of urine drug tests of sexual assault victims demonstrated that alcohol was present in 63% of the victims, marijuana was present in 30% of the victims and ‘date rape’ drugs such as GHB (Gamma Hydroxybutyrate) and Rohypnol were present in about 3% of positive samples. (Slaughter, L. Involvement of Drugs in Sexual Assaults. Journal of Reproductive Medicine. Vol. 45. 2000.) 5 Sources: 1 CDC Rape Fact Sheet http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/rape.htm 2 National Organization for Women Foundation http://www.nowfoundation.org/health/lybdkit/factsheet3.html 3 National Center for Victims of Crime Sexual Assault Fact Sheet http://www.ncvc.org/stats/2001/sa.htm 4 National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center: The Mental Health Impact of Rape http://www.vawprevention.org/research/mentalimpact.shtml 5 Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA): Campus Sexual Assault Fact Sheet 2000 http://www.wcasa.org/pages/camp.html
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