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Article: Warning over new 'date-rape' drugs
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 14, 1999
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A SCOTLAND YARD detective has issued a warning that powerful "date-
rape" drugs may be circulating at Christmas and Millennium parties.
Detective Inspector Peter Sturman, speaking as he launched the
first charity aimed at combating the use of drugs in sexual assaults,
said women should be alert to the danger of drinks being spiked.
His comments came as Cosmopolitan magazine issued its own alert
over the drug GHB, which it says can be bought for as little as 10 on
the Internet.
GHB - which stands for Gamma-hydroxybutyrate - is less well known
than Rohypnol, another date-rape drug, but is believed by experts to
be more commonly used in sex assaults.
GHB is odourless and colourless with a ...