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(Fwd) DRUG WARNING (fwd)


>	Everyone, take a look at this, it's serious.  'Nuff said.'

BBC(Please read this out on TV or FWD it to Anne Robinson)

>If you are female, or care about someone who is, *please* take the time to
>read this.  We all know my opinion of men, so I won't go there.  (Well, most
>of you do anyway.  If you don't, ask me. =)  )  If you take a look at the
>number of addresses this is going to, you'll begin to get an idea of how
>seriously I take something like this.  Take a few minutes to read this over,
>then send it along to as many others as you can, especially
>teenage/college-age women.  And, as always, remember Rule of Life #31:
>Always watch your back.
>
>Love,
>Michael
>
>------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
>Date:          Wed, 10 Apr 1996 21:04:07 -0700 (MST)
>From:          Capri R Cicero <[email protected]>
>To:            Micheal Jennings <[email protected]>
>Subject:       a little warning...(for real this time) (fwd)
>
>> This is a very important article published Feb 96 about a drug that has
>> been used in rape cases because it causes the victim to FORGET the crime.
>> This popularity of this drug has major implications for college students,
>> especially.  Please take the time to read this and forward it to EVERYONE!
>> Sarah Clifton
>> *************************************************************
>>
>> >>      1.  You DON'T need to take it with alcohol for the effects to work
>> >>      2.  It doesn't take 1-2 hours for it to take effect...only 10 minutes
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Please take the time to read this whole thing and PLEASE forward it to
>> >>everyone you know.  If you are female, then I would be wary from now
>> >>on about accepting drinks from anyone you don't know well or know LONG
>> >>enough to trust.  For you guys out there, I"d tell your sister(s) about
>> >>this drug and how it could effect them.  I typed the article on my
>> >>computer so if any of you need copies to give to people without
>> >>access to email just let me know.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Oh, another tip for the women...If you're going to accept a drink
>> >>from someone you've just met (like a date) then I'd try to make sure it's
>> >>from an unopened container and that you open it yourself.  If you must
>> >>accept a drink anyway, then I'd mention to him that you know *everything*
>> >>about Rohypnol and its effects.  I hope that would curb his desire to slip
>> >>a "roofie" (slang for Rohypnol) in your drink.
>> >>God, the world gets worse everyday....oh well, LEARN TO SURVIVE!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Anyway, here's the article:
>> >
>> >>RAPISTS SLIPPING VICTIMS MODERN-DAY MICKEYS
>> >>
>> >>CHEAP PILL BLOTS OUT MEMORY OF CRIMES
>> >>
>> >>MIAMI-Imagine all the fears of parents whose daughters have hit
>> >>dating age packed into one white pill the size of a dime.
>> >>It may be the mightiest Mickey Finn ever concocted.
>> >>And it is not the fiction of Sam Spade novels and Humphrey Bogart
>> >>movies.
>> >>
>> >>These days, it costs about $3 at the high school water fountain.  It
>> >>is colorless, odorless and quickly dissolves in a can of Diet Coke.
>> >>In about 10 minutes, it creates a drunk-like effect that lasts eight
>> >>hours.  It enhances the effects of alcohol, causing loss of inhibition,
>> >>extreme sleepiness, relaxation and - perhaps worst of all for its victims -
>> >amnesia.
>> >>
>> >>The pill is made of a drug called Rohypnol (pronounced ro-hip-nol).
>> >>Your kids know them as "roofies."
>> >>
>> >> And police are concerned - particularly about roofie rape.
>> >>In Broward County, Fla., 10 men have been arrested on roofie-rape
>> >>charges in the past year.  The most recent came Feb. 1, when two brothers
>> >>and a friend were charged with repeatedly raping a 15-year-old girl after
>> >>they secretly put a roofie in her soft drink. A 26-year-old Broward County
>> >man who pleaded guilty to roofie rape in a 1995 case - Mark Anthony Perez
>> >of Plantation - told authorities he
>> >>used it to rape as many as 40 women. The problem has not been as prevalent
>> >in Dade County, where police departments reported a handful of suspected
>> >sexual assaults related to roofies in the past six months.
>> >>
>> >>A 17-year-old Coral Springs girl raped Jan. 7, 1996 while she was
>> >>under the influence of roofies lost 10 hours between having dinner with
>> >>friends and waking up in a strange hotel bed.  Police are investigating a
>> >>29-year-old suspect who was at the dinner.
>> >>
>> >>"Her panties were around her ankles and a condom next to her,"  said
>> >>the girl's mother.  "My daughter didn't know this guy.  She doesn't
>> >>remember a thing.  This man is a rapist and he's going around doing this
>> >>to other women," she said.  "I want people to know how dangerous this is."
>> >>
>> >>"It's a big, big deal out there right now," said Bonnie Lashbrook, a
>> >>student peer counselor at Cooper City High School.  "Parents of
>> >>teen-age girls should be scared."
>> >>
>> >>College officials also note a concern on college campuses.  Reported
>> >>sexual assault have increased and may be linked to Rohypnol.  Officials
>> >>estimate that this may just be the tip of the iceberg.  Since, the
>> >>victims suffer amnesia many women may have no idea that have been raped.
>> >>
>> >>Rohypnol is a potent and hypnotic sedative used in some countries to
>> >>put out surgery patients.  They are prescribed as sleeping pills in
>> >>about 80 countries, but not the United States.  The emergence of the
>> >>once-obscure sedative has thrown police agencies for a loop.  Florida law
>> >officers have seized tens of thousands of the pills in the past year.
>> >>Rohypnol is also easily available from Mexico and parts of Europe.
>> >>In one raid, the pills were packaged in vitamin bottles and labeled
>> >>in Spanish.  They were shipped from Colombia and distributed by two
>> >>suspects, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal.
>> >>It has proliferated to such a point that the Drug Enforcement
>> >>Administration and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement have
>> >>joined forces with police to have Rohypnol's status as an illegal drug
>> >>enhanced to make penalties equal to cocaine and heroin.
>> >>
>> >>"It's just that we have a chance in law enforcement to get ahead of
>> >>this thing before it gets too out of control," said Cooper City police
>> >>Capt. Jim Harn, whose agency is investigating several roofie-rape cases.
>> >>
>> >>The incident involving the 15-year-old from Cooper City happened in
>> >>June at a Sweet 16 party at the Merrimac Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach.
>> >>Charged with her rape are brother Sidney Harmon, 19, and Scott Harmon,
>> >>17, of Pembroke Pines, and Moises Ventura, 18, of Miramar.  The Harmons'
>> >>mother has said her sons are innocent.  The Ventura family has declined
>> >>comment.  According to friends, Scott and Moises were inseparable friends
>> >>who like to start fights and cause trouble.  Sidney, who aspires to be a
>> >>paramedic, is a quiet, sensitive boy, friends say.
>> >>
>> >>Erica Verriotto, 17, said she was good friends with all three boys
>> >>for over several.  "Scott was kind of a troublemaker sometimes, you
>> >>know?" she said.  "Nothing really serious.  He used to like, start fights.
>> >You
>> >>know, yell at people who cut him off in traffic and stuff." "But Sid, no
>> >way," she said.  "trust Sid no matter what."
>> >>
>> >>Cooper City detectives say several other girls have come forward
>> >>with similar stories about the group of boys, but no charges have yet
>> >>been filed.
>> >>
>> >>"A lot of times the guys don't think they've done anything wrong,"
>> >>said Cooper City police Det. Kregg Lupo.  "This is not a rape in their
>> >>eyes They think if the girl is not awake or alert enough to say, `No,'
>> >>it's not rape."
>> >>
>> >>Police say they were able to arrest the Harmons and Ventura
>> >>primarily because the rapes happened while the victim's best friend
>> >>watched - an eyewitness.  Another teen at the party said Scott and Moises
>> >bragged about slipping the roofie into her soft drink.
>> >>
>> >>Other roofie-rapes are more difficult to prosecute because of the
>> >>victims' loss of memory of the incident.  "It's very difficult making these
>> >cases," said Dennis Nicewander, an  assistant state attorney in the Broward
>> >sex-crimes unit.  "Usually these victims.don't remember a thing.
>> >>
>> >>"It's almost like the perfect crime,"  he said.  "Because they don't
>> >>have to worry about a witness testifying against them.  And don't think
>> >>these guys aren't figuring that out."
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>The drug also has the potential to make rapists out of men who
>> >>without the drug might not commit the crime, he said.
>> >>"Usually, they aren't the kind of guys who would force themselves on
>> >>someone for sex.  They seem to be the kind of guys you'd see at
>> >>happy hour with their buddies, the kind of frat-boy mentality that thinks
>> >>it's fun to get a girl drunk and have their way."
>> >>
>> >>The drug also works it's way out of the human system usually within
>> >>24 hours, he said, which makes any delay by the victim a problem.
>> >>"Many of these kids start out in a compromising position to begin
>> >>with, then this happens to them and they are scared and embarrassed and
>> >>unclear as to what happened," said Stan Peacock, a Broward prosecutor.
>> >>"I have told my 17-year-old daughter never to accept a beverage of
>> >>any kind from anyone unless it is in a sealed container that she opens
>> >>herself," he said.  "Does that give you any kind of an idea how concerned
>> >>I am about it?"

I add please mail this to anybody and everybody, if you already new, Why 
didn't you tell me?

Qapla'

Daniel

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