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Avoid Risks for Drug-Facilitated Rapes
There’s a long list of drugs that are becoming popular aids for the would-be rapist. They can enable the criminally-minded person to slip a tasteless or nearly-tasteless chemical in a person’s drink while they have turned away or perhaps left their drink behind while they dance. Statistically, the most vulnerable group for this type of attack is a young woman, very often one at school or college.
When the woman feels sick or dizzy after fifteen or 20 minutes, the rapist can then help her to her car or offer to take her home, where he then completes the rape. The young woman wakes up the next morning, knowing something is very wrong, feeling sick, but not being sure what occurred. According to one estimate by the Department of Justice, there are 375,000 drug or alcohol-facilitated rapes just among women on American colleges.
“A rape of this kind is just one of the many things that can go wrong in an environment of substance abuse,” warned Bobby Wiggins, spokesperson for Narconon. Narconon is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of substance abuse and addiction through effective drug rehabilitation and drug education. “Especially among college students, there are also much higher rates of accident, injury, failures in school and even death among those drinking or using drugs.”
Drugs that are Used
Some of the drugs used to make women unable to defend themselves against rape include: Rohypnol (flunitrazepam), a benzodiazepine, but much stronger than the more common Xanax: In American states along the southern border, Rohypnol is easy to get as it is sold across the counter in Mexico. In other areas, it sold by prescription for sleeplessness.
Alcohol: Its big advantage is that it is legal and considered an “excuse” for unacceptable behavior, particularly on college campuses.
GHB: This drug is often used by body builders to burn fat. It may be stored in a small dropper bottle for easy addition to someone’s drink.
Ketamine, a veterinary anesthetic: This drug acts as a dissociative, meaning that it can cause hallucinations or a dreamlike or detached state.
Ecstasy and methamphetamine may also be used to facilitate rapes. In a circular fashion, drug-facilitated rapes may themselves engender more substance abuse. Women who have been raped are thirteen times more likely to abuse alcohol and 26 times more likely to abuse drugs.
“While some women are slipped a drug without their knowledge and then raped when they are unable to resist, far more women experience sexual assaults after they have willingly consumed drugs or alcohol,” advised Wiggins. “By far the best way to prevent assault is to avoid drug or alcohol abuse entirely. This keeps a young woman safe from addiction, drug or alcohol-related health problems, assault and unwanted pregnancy.”
For more information on the Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, call and speak to one of drug rehabilitation counselors.
Resources
- http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/club/index.html
- http://www.library.northwestern.edu/news/2010/march/drug-facilitated-incapacitated-and-forcible-rape
- http://www.pcar.org/about-sexual-violence/stats
- http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/sexualassault/drugrape.htm
- http://www.rainn.org/statistics
Narconon Reminds that Drug Abuse Kills Many who Never Touch Drugs
There are those who claim that the choice to abuse drugs harms only the user. The logic continues that the substance abuser should have the right to choose. 
The lie in this claim shows up when you examine the collateral damage connected with the trade and abuse of illicit drugs.
First is the cost associated with substance abuse and the addiction that so often results. To calculate the cost, one must figure in the cost of law enforcement and drug interdiction, the judicial system and incarceration, the healthcare system, foster child care and substance abuse treatment. The result is an average bill of more than $1200 for each American.
Collateral damage shows up at every point of the trade. In the national parks of California and Kentucky, for example, clandestine marijuana plots guarded by armed guards endanger hikers and park rangers. In inner cities, the crack cocaine trade is commonly associated with high levels of violence. And in Mexico, more than 30,000 people have died as drug cartels fight over turf.
On the 20th of December 2010, a horrific gas explosion destroyed part of Texmelucan, Mexico, killing 28 people. It is suspected that Los Zetas, a particularly vicious drug cartel, were responsible for tapping into major gas lines so they could steal gas and oil. The gas leak reached the river and caused fires to flash down the river and through the streets. Narconon is an international organization dedicated to eliminating substance abuse and addiction through drug rehabilitation and drug education.
Tijuana, El Paso and Nogales, Arizona are hotspots of drug trafficking and violence. But across the US, more than 200 cities report substantial activity by Mexican drug cartels. More cities, particularly in urban centers on the East Coast, report drug trafficking activity also by Jamaican, Dominican, Asian and African gangs.
No corner of the United States is completely free of drug trafficking. Every person who is freed from addiction is one more person not contributing to crime and violence associated with the trafficking and sale of drugs. And that’s in addition to the fact that each person freed from drugs now has a chance at a productive, enjoyable life once again.
Narconon is an international organization dedicated to eliminating substance abuse and addiction through drug rehabilitation and drug education. Helping people recover stably from the grip of addiction is the specialty of Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers around the world. In more than forty countries, seven out of ten graduates stay clean and sober after they return home.
For more information on Narconon, visit www.narconon.org
Narconon Report on Substance Abuse
New Study Reveals A Killer Combination of Abused Substances: The Spanish report emphasizes the importance of effective drug rehabilitation. Providing drug addiction treatment is how the Narconon® drug and alcohol rehabilitation program has saved lives for four decades. Although traditional drug treatment centers have success rates of 16 percent or less, Narconon rehab centers achieve a 70 percent success rate year after year. Around the world in 120 centers, …. (report on recent substance abuse study in Spain)
Rehabilitation for Opiate Addiction Without Maintenance Drugs: The Narconon program provides successful drug-free rehabilitation for people addicted to heroin, oxycodone and other opiates without putting them on methadone or buprenorphine. Narconon has over 140 groups and centers in dozens of countries throughout the world, with many facilities from coast to coast in the United States. The overall success of the program in returning people to becoming responsible, ethical and productive citizens has led to continued growth, which is spearheaded by the Narconon International office in Los Angeles.
Narconon Arrowhead Presents McAlester Walmart with Corporate Sponsorship Award: Narconon Arrowhead’s Director of Drug Prevention, John Bitinas, and Drug Prevention Specialist, Lancer Benson, presented the Corporate Sponsorship Award to McAlester Oklahoma’s Walmart store #151. The award for supporting drug education and prevention was received by Bob Morris, the store manager and the Walmart Management Team, during their morning meeting on February 1, 2010.
Narconon Offers Drug Education Lectures to Schools: Narconon is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide successful drug rehabilitation as well as education and prevention information. One of the services offered by Narconon East US is drug prevention and education lectures to schools, businesses and community groups.
Narconon Drug Rehab Addresses Addicts Responsibility: The Narconon program turns out graduates who are far more moral and as a result more successful in life. Parents and parenting are needed now more than ever in today’s society. But where there has been trouble on this line between parent and child, The Way to Happiness as taught to Narconon students can go far to improving the relationship.
Cocaine Abuse On The Rise: Mary Rieser of Narconon of Georgia has declared, “With such an alarming trend, I am asking all people with family and friends who are known cocaine users to seek drug rehab and find help for their loved ones. Our youth is our future, and we won’t have one if we don’t educate our young people on the dangers of even using a small amount of the drug.”
Heroin Abuse Troubling Consequence of Economic Hardship: Narconon of Georgia provides effect treatment for Heroin Addiction. Narconon is a non-profit network of addiction treatment centers which provide holistic approach to drug rehabilitation.
War on Drugs Will be Handled with Rehabilitation: The demand for drugs is growing and the U.S. is first in line. Until people enroll in an effective drug rehab, like Narconon Louisiana the war on drugs is a battle we will all lose. Drugs like cocaine, marijuana and heroin are the main imports from Mexico. In the U.S. alone, 22 million people have reported to using cocaine at least once in their lives. These staggering numbers only prove how vital rehab is. Narconon Louisiana is a long-term inpatient facility that allows people to permanently get off drugs and/or alcohol…
Narconon Florida Successfully Handling Drug Addiction for 10 Years: Narconon Florida is a outpatient treatment center that uses the Narconon drug rehabilitation technology to solve addiction. The staff at Narconon Florida have 10 years of experience in handling and salvaging addicts from drug addiction.
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