Wake Forest University is investigating whether a female student may have been drugged while attending a series of parties one night early this month. To date, there has been no confirmation of actual drugging.
Students have several options in reporting their experiences.
Anyone with information that might assist the investigation is encouraged to contact University Police or Campus Crime Stoppers. In the last few years many universities across the nation have reported incidents of rape which are drug related. Various drugs which incapacitate victims have been used to facilitate this crime. In order to combat this threat to safety, Congress enacted the Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act of 1996 which allows for sentences of up to 20 years for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to give it to someone to facilitate a violent crime. At Wake Forest such action will result in expulsion and referral of any evidence to civil authorities for prosecution.