Posted by Dan Perkins on January 9, 2005, at 10:25:04
In reply to Re: Rohypnol, posted by jclint on January 9, 2005, at 9:30:48
Yes, this I would agree with. Read an aticle mentioning that they now use a blue dye to color so that it shows up in clear liquids, but I can understand why they wouldn't also ad some very potent chemical taste that would come across even in alcohol.
I understand all the posts here about alcohol being the #1 date rape drug, but the difference is that when you are drinking alcohol you know you are drinking alcohol. With rohypnol, a flavorless and before now colorless substance, you could have it slipped in your diet coke and you wouldn't know what hit you.
I was watching an episode of Cops on Friday that took place in New Orleans. One of the arrests was of a young man who somebody witnessed dropping pills into two girls' drinks at a night club. When the cops busted him, they found a bottle of rohypnol on him. This does happen and the fact that alcohol is a bigger problem does not excuse what is being done with rohypnol.
> Surely a good safety measure would be to give it a strong chemical taste when its dissolved? I would imagine it wouldn't be too hard to do.
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