Rohypnol is usually taken orally, often combined with alcohol, and can be abused by crushing the tablets and snorting the powder. It is usually found in a small white pill that can be crushed up and easily dropped into a drink. It dissolves fast making it hard to detect. It can also be found in a liquid form, which is rare, but can make it even harder to detect. .
Effects of Rohypnol usually occur within 20-30 minutes. The effects include drowsiness, dizziness, disorientation, lack of coordination, slurred speech, confusion, nausea, and gastrointestinal disturbances; these symptoms can last up to twelve or more hours. It also affects motor skills such as walking, talking, and balance, making one feel very drunk, which is why it is becoming known as a club drug. The confusion, loss of motor skills and difficulty speaking and moving are followed by memory loss. Rohypnol impairs cognitive and psychomotor functions, affecting reaction time and driving skills. When Rohypnol is combined with alcohol it is particularly dangerous and can cause coma; when used in higher doses, it causes respiratory depression. Chronic use can result in physical dependence and the appearance of withdrawal syndrome when the drug is discontinued. .
Rohypnol is used mostly as an enhanced drug, which means that it is taken to enhance the effects of another drug. One's health risks increase with the consumption of alcohol, which can lead to death or coma. Rohypnol has been found to be physically addictive, and it does have .
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withdrawals. The main side effect of the drug is a memory loss of 4-10hrs. During which time a person can be rendered helpless. .
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A Common Scenario: .
• The victim is at a party or bar and has something to drink. The attacker somehow slips a .
Rohypnol tablet into the liquid- perhaps when the victim turns their head or leaves their .
drink to go to the bathroom.
