Date Rape Research Paper
All over the United States, young adults and teens attend all night dance parties called “raves” and come face to face with a number of dangerous people and substances. Raves are typically found in abandoned warehouses or other buildings, dance clubs, and open fields. During these dances, there is usually blaring, fast-paced techno music with colorful and bright laser light displays. Aside from all of the dancing and fun, many young adults die every year from the popular drugs, nicknamed “Club Drugs,” found at raves. The most popular club drugs are MDMA, GHB, Rohypnol, LSD, and ketamine.
All of these have different effects ranging from hallucinations to drowsiness. They all have long-term effects such as brain damage, heart problems, and …show more content…
On occasion, tasteless, odorless, and colorless drugs are slipped into drinks and given to people. These drugs that get secretly given to people are commonly known as “date rape drugs.” The most common date rape drug is Rohypnol, also known as “roofies.” Many times, a person will dissolve this into another’s drink to perform risky sexual behavior; usually not wanted by the person it is given to.
Young mother, Beth Ellsworth refuses to allow her daughter to go to raves because of the risk of getting drugged with Rohypnol, or another date rape drug. “A few months ago, my daughter asked me to go to a rave music festival called ‘Skylab.’ There was no way I would allow her to go to an event like that with a risk of her getting drugged. There are too many bad people out in the world and I don’t want my daughter dragged into their world.”
Sexual assault due to date rape drugs is more common than anyone would assume. 11th grader, Liam Barstad, from Boulder, Colorado had a very close experience with this. “I was at a rave and I witnessed a guy give a girl a drink. Over time, the girl slowly became more tired and started to pass out. The guy was all over her, but she didn’t want it. She kept resisting from him until I decided to step in. I went and talked to one of the police officers and he investigated the situation immediately. I learned to never mess around with mysterious
All of these have different effects ranging from hallucinations to drowsiness. They all have long-term effects such as brain damage, heart problems, and …show more content…
On occasion, tasteless, odorless, and colorless drugs are slipped into drinks and given to people. These drugs that get secretly given to people are commonly known as “date rape drugs.” The most common date rape drug is Rohypnol, also known as “roofies.” Many times, a person will dissolve this into another’s drink to perform risky sexual behavior; usually not wanted by the person it is given to.
Young mother, Beth Ellsworth refuses to allow her daughter to go to raves because of the risk of getting drugged with Rohypnol, or another date rape drug. “A few months ago, my daughter asked me to go to a rave music festival called ‘Skylab.’ There was no way I would allow her to go to an event like that with a risk of her getting drugged. There are too many bad people out in the world and I don’t want my daughter dragged into their world.”
Sexual assault due to date rape drugs is more common than anyone would assume. 11th grader, Liam Barstad, from Boulder, Colorado had a very close experience with this. “I was at a rave and I witnessed a guy give a girl a drink. Over time, the girl slowly became more tired and started to pass out. The guy was all over her, but she didn’t want it. She kept resisting from him until I decided to step in. I went and talked to one of the police officers and he investigated the situation immediately. I learned to never mess around with mysterious