Posted by IsoM on January 19, 2002, at 3:27:16
In reply to Re: DATE RAPE - If benzos are gone..., posted by Rick on January 19, 2002, at 3:03:19
Rick, I'm not sure if complete amnesia is what's being aimed for. Benozs & alcohol both potentiate each other and all that is needed is to make the person much more compliant and/or more difficult to fight back or resist.
Admittedly, some drugs cause a person to blank out but a rapist doesn't need that. Maybe too, it's not just Klonopin & alcohol but with street drugs thrown in too.
> Regarding the research that talks about Klonopin's potetial as a date rape drug, I don't get it. They talk about amnesic effects, and some people certainly do suffer memory lapses from Klonopin. But unless it's injected I don't see how it could cause complete, "reliable" amnesia. People who use Klonopin as an anticonvulsant often take doses up to 20 times higher than typical anxiety or panic amounts, yet they certainly don't lose all memory function.
> Even with alcohol potentiation, it seems as if you'd need a potentially lethal combo to ensure complete amnesia. Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems goofy to think that criminals out to commit the heinous crime of date rape could depend on Klonopin instead of GHB. That research from U of Ill, as well as another Klonopin/date rape reference I've seen, just don't make sense to me.
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