date-rape drug

Predator's covert sedative

A date-rape drug is a substance slipped into someone's drink to incapacitate them for sexual assault.

The most common are GHB, Rohypnol, and ketamine, which cause sedation, confusion, and memory loss.

The term emerged in the 1990s as awareness grew of drug-facilitated assault: She suspected someone had put a date-rape drug in her cocktail.

Related

drink · predator · sexual predator · unconscious · blackout · passed out · amnesia · victim · blacked out · club · bar · nightclub · assault · incapacitated · tasteless · odorless · dissolved · vulnerable

Opposites
consent and intent

date-rape drugrecreational drug

Substance used for pleasure

party drug · aphrodisiac · love potion · social lubricant · MDMA

agency and awareness

date-rape drugstimulant

Alertness-boosting drug

nootropic · caffeine · amphetamine · smelling salts · adrenaline

protective vs. predatory function

date-rape drugantidote

Substance neutralizing harmful agents

protective measure · naloxone · Narcan · rape whistle · medicine

Family

date, rape, drug, dates, dated, dating, datable, rapes, raped

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R