IF DATE HAPPENS TO YOU WHAT ARE “DATE RAPE” DRUGS?

 Remember that rape is rape. You are  Rohypnol (roofies, circles, roopies, not to blame. Know that action the forget pills) works like a Date Rape against the rapist can prevent others tranquilizer. It causes muscle from becoming victims. weakness, fatigue, slurred speech,  Get help immediately. Phone the loss of motor coordination and police, a friend, a , a judgment, and amnesia that lasts up relative. Don’t isolate yourself, don’t to 94 hours. It looks like aspirin - feel guilty or ashamed, and don’t try small, white, and round. to ignore it. It is a crime that should  GHB (liquid X, salt water, scoop) be reported. causes quick sedation. Its effects are  Get medical attention as soon as drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, possible. Do not shower, wash, headaches, dizziness, coma and douche, or change your clothes. death. The most common form is a Valuable evidence could be clear liquid, although it also can be a destroyed. white, grainy powder.  Get counseling to help you through  Rohypnol and GHB are called “date the recovery process. Rape is a rape drugs” because when they are traumatic experience and trained slipped into someone’s drink, a sexual counselors can make recovery easier assault can occur without the victim and quicker. being able to remember what  If you think you’ve been sexually happened. A Power Trip assaulted under the influence of a , get medical help immediately. Try not to urinate before providing any urine samples. If Mesa Police Department Non-Emergency possible, collect any containers from 480-644-2211 which you drank. This information is provided by the National Crime Prevention Council IF IT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE YOU (www.ncpc.org) KNOW and the Mesa Police Department  Believe them. Ask how you can help.  Offer comfort and support. Go with them to the hospital, police station or counseling center. Mesa Police Department  Remind them that it’s not their fault. www.mesaazpolice.gov Nothing - not even previous PREVENTING DATE RAPE If you want more information on rape consensual sex - entitles anyone As a woman, you can prevention, the facts about rape, or the to force others to perform sexual kinds of programs that can help the rape acts. Without consent, forcing  Be clear with men in your life about victim, you can contact your local law sexual contact is a crime. Date what, if any, sexual behavior you are enforcement agency or the following rape is a betrayal of trust and comfortable with and keep talking as organizations: causes long-lasting emotional you get deeper into a relationship.  Not use alcohol or other drugs - they Maricopa County Attorney’s Victim injuries. Date rape, or decrease your ability to take care of Witness Program , is about yourself and make sensible decisions. 602-506-8522 power, control and anger  Trust your gut feelings. If a place or - not romance. the way your date acts makes you Center Against Sexual (CASA) nervous or uneasy, leave. Always 602-254-6400 take enough money for a phone call WHY DOES IT HAPPEN? for help or cab fare. Have your cell Mesa Family Advocacy Center

phone with you, if you have one. Let’s look at sexual stereotyping and 480-644-4075  Check out a first date or blind date how males and females talk to each with friends. Meet in and go to public other. places. Take public transportation or As a man, you can

drive your own car.  Although things are changing, society  Realize that forcing a woman to have  Leave social events with friends not still frequently encourages men to be with someone you just met or don’t sex against her will is rape, a violent competitive and aggressive and know well. crime with serious consequences. teaches women to be passive and  Accept a woman’s decision when  Always watch your drink and never avoid confrontation. leave it unattended. Do not accept she says “No.” Don’t see it as a  Men say they misunderstand a open bottles from the bar. Do not challenge. woman’s words and actions - the accept beverages from someone you  Ask yourself how sexual stereotypes excuse, “She said no, but meant yes.” don’t know and trust. affect your attitudes and actions  Some people - men and women alike toward women. - still believe that it’s okay for a man to  Not use alcohol or other drugs. It demand sex if he takes a woman out clouds your judgment and or buys her gifts, and that it’s not rape Date rape can happen in homosexual understanding of what another if he forces sex on a woman who relationships as well as heterosexual person wants. previously had sex with him or other ones, although it is less frequent. Men  Get help if you see men involved in a men. can also be the victim of rape. It is still a .  Women also feel that if they’ve  Understand that if a woman is drunk crime and the victim still needs to get previously had sex with a boyfriend and you have sex with her against who later forces them to have sex medical attention and counseling as her will, it’s still rape. against their will, it may not be soon as possible.  Seek counseling or a support group considered rape. to help you if you feel violent or aggressive toward women.