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Drug rape myth. Binge drinking is to blame

Saturday 17 February 2007 at 5:00 pm | In News | Post Comment

Women who claim to be victims of ‘date-rape’ drugs such as Rohypnol have in fact been rendered helpless by

binge-drinking, says a study at the Wrexham Maelor Hospital.

This follows a comment last month by Julie Bentley, chief executive of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust who said “As far as I am aware, there has never been a case of Rohypnol in this country found.”

Newspaper report here.