Rohypnol

By Kate Shoup

This drug is not legal in the United States but it is in other countries, where it is used as an anesthetic before surgery or as treatment for insomnia. However, this drug is available in the US and is much more powerful than others in its class. It has been used for criminal purposes such as date rape and robbery. This book lists the criteria for the USDA’s drug schedule, and contains sidebars on what the drug looks like, on the risks of falling into chronic depression, on ways to combat date-rape drugs, and on how to intervene with someone who is abusing the drug.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rosen Publishing
• Release date: Jul 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781502605634

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Chapter One - A Powerful Tranquilizer

Chapter Two - Applying the Brain’s Brakes

Chapter Three - Risky Business

Chapter Four - Hidden Dangers

Chapter Five - Rohypnol Recovery

GLOSSARY

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INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shoup, Kate, 1972-Rohypnol / Kate Shoup. pages cm. — (Dangerous drugs)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-50260-562-7 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-50260-563-4 (ebook)

1. Flunitrazepam—Juvenile literature. I. Title.

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Chapter One

A Powerful Tranquilizer

Chapter Two

Applying the Brain’s Brakes

Chapter Three

Risky Business

Chapter Four

Hidden Dangers

Chapter Five

Rohypnol Recovery

GLOSSARY

FIND OUT MORE

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR