Date rape signs

United States President William J. Clinton (1946-) signs the Hillary J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date Rape Drug Prohibition Act into law. 

The case was watched closely by authorities, and in response to public outcry over Samantha Reid s death, Congress banned the substance in April 2000. At the same time, President Clinton signed the Hillary J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date Rape Drug Prohibition Act into law. The law also commemorates Farias, a 17-year-old high-school senior from La Porte, Texas, who died from a GHB overdose after someone slipped it into her soda. 

According to published reports, Rohypnol was first used to commit date rape in 1993. In 1996, President Clinton signed the Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act. This legislation provides for prison sentences of up to 20 years for anyone possessing a controlled substance with the intent to commit a violent crime, including rape, by secretly drugging someone else. 

Statistical information concerning date rape and its effect on America s younger population is both enlightening and alarming. Understanding the facts and situations associated with sexual assault or rape can help a potential victim become aware of risky situations and/or the signs of date rape drug intoxication. 

Apart from alcohol s incapacitating effects, which impair motor functions and make it more difficult for a victim to resist unwanted advances, alcohol facilitates date rape in less obvious ways. For instance, attackers who ingest alcohol are more likely to misinterpret verbal and nonverbal cues from their victims.16 Similarly, alcohol also impairs a victim s ability to pick up cues and warning signs that might otherwise give some indication of a potentially dangerous situation.17 Additionally, when a victim consumes alcohol, it is much more likely that the rape will remain unreported. Many rape victims who themselves have consumed alcohol fear that the authorities will not believe that they were raped, or, worse, will place blame for what happened on the victim rather than the rapist. In the case of date rape, peers are more likely to blame the intoxicated victim for what occurred.18... 

Answer A. The signs and symptoms are characteristic of a CNS stimulant that facilitates the activity of amines in both the CNS and the periphery. Amphetamines promote the release of NE from sympathetic nerve endings, causing CV stimulation and pupillary dilation. In the CNS, they enhance the actions of DA, NE, and 5HT, causing behavioral excitation and a psychotic state that may be difficult to distinguish from schizophrenia. Ethanol, marijuana, fentanyl, and flunitrazepam (a benzodiazepine that has been used in date rape ) are all CNS depressants. 

After Samantha Reid died of a GHB overdose, Congress passed the Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000. Hillory Farias was another teenage girl who died after GHB was slipped into her drink. President Clinton signed the legislation on February 18,2000. 

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