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Sexual Assault Survivors Support

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts) Fri Feb 20, 2015, 06:22 PM Feb 2015

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How many women are "Roofied" every year?

Were you?

I am inventing a device to stop this from happening and need some stories or stats....

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How many women are "Roofied" every year? (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Feb 2015 OP

What does "roofied" mean? CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #1

Date rape drugs. Roofie was one drug but it is now the term for that.... ghostsinthemachine Feb 2015 #3

Google search results for your question might help: arcane1 Feb 2015 #2

well no actual figures ghostsinthemachine Feb 2015 #5

Quite a few. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #4

the device will work fine, the stories ghostsinthemachine Feb 2015 #6

We already know why your invention is needed. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #7

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CaliforniaPeggy

(152,048 posts)

1. What does "roofied" mean?

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 06:25 PM

Feb 2015

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)

3. Date rape drugs. Roofie was one drug but it is now the term for that....

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 06:29 PM

Feb 2015

"Roofied" very common thing. Putting drugs in drinks without permission.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

2. Google search results for your question might help:

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 06:28 PM

Feb 2015

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=how%20many%20women%20are%20%22roofied%22%20every%20year%3f

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)

5. well no actual figures

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 06:36 PM

Feb 2015

there. been trying to come up with a number...

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

4. Quite a few.

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 06:35 PM

Feb 2015

Why do you need stories for your device to work?

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)

6. the device will work fine, the stories

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 06:37 PM

Feb 2015

are anecdotal evidence of why this invention is needed......

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

7. We already know why your invention is needed.

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 06:43 PM

Feb 2015

Some of the individuals in this group may be triggered or otherwise upset by reading the stories you are asking for.

Please take care when posting here.

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