Through a partnership with the national Interfraternity Council, the center made videotapes available to fraternities and sororities across the country. They're just as dangerous as a gun or a knife, particularly when they're mixed with alcohol. But many also focus on encouraging students to look out for their friends. But in these cases it's really a medical emergency. Better testing needed Getting a handle on the extent of the problem is nearly impossible, for a number of reasons.
Date rape is underreported in general, experts say.
Couper notes that GHB is undetectable in the blood after only eight hours and in urine after 12 hours. Testing for it also requires a specific procedure, and with Rohypnol and related drugs, the dose typically used to facilitate sexual assaults can be undetectable. College authorities fear the documented cases represent only a fraction of actual druggings. Dr. Mary Watts, medical director of Hall Health Center on the UW campus, said she saw a sexual-assault victim within the last month who believed she had been drugged. The girl said she had only one beer.