She may experience difficulty speaking and moving and then pass out. Such a victim will have few or no memories of what happened, possible flashes of images even as she is raped. Effects can last four to six hours. It is difficult to determine the number of date-rape drug attacks because victims often don t provide a urine sample for 72 or more hours after the assault. Like other sex crimes, victims may be ashamed to report the crimes.
Most victims are so uncertain about the chain of events they are hesitant to report anything at all.
Rohypnol is the brand name for a drug called Flunitrazepam, which is a powerful sedative. Rohypnol is not legally available for prescription in the United States but is legal in 60 other countries for treatment of insomnia. Street names for the drug include roach, roofies, the forget pill, rophies, lunch money drug, ruffies, R2, roofenol, la roche and rib. Rope is a combination of the drug and marijuana. And using the drug is called getting roached.