Name_____________________________________________

Rough Draft
Form VIII Drug Research
Independent Project
Name of the drug researched____________________________________________
1. Official name:
Rohypnol (flunitrazepam)
2. Identify three street names:
R2
Roach
Roofies
Forget-me pill
Rope
Date rape drug

3. Identify and define the drug classification:

Depressant

4. Ingestion methods- How is this drug used (Ex. snorted, injected)

Typically taken orally in pill form
Being ground up and snorted

5. Describe the drug- what does it look like?

Odorless, colorless, and tasteless
The pills are formulated so that they turn a drink cloudy

6. Identify five interesting facts/history of this drug:

Within thirty minutes after it is taken
its effects will last for eight to twelve hours or longer
10 year olds are taking this drug

7. Identify three current statistics of this drug (use online sources):

Small percentage of teens used Rohypnol
The drug is still serious

8. How does this drug affect the body? In other words, what does it do to you
mentally and physically?
Five mental symptoms

Amnesia
Slows down the central nervous system
Exhaustion
Confusion

Five physical symptoms

Physical dependence
Sedative effects
Muscle-relaxant effects
Unable to move
Unable to think

9. Is there any therapeutic use for this drug (medical)?

Not approved or available for medical use in the United States

Outside of the United States it is taken for a sleeping pill

10. What kind of treatment is available for this drug? Please explain each type of
treatment.

3 to 5 day inpatient detoxification program with 24-hour intensive medical

monitoring and management of with drawl symptoms, since with drawl from
benzodiazepines can be life threating.

11. Personal and social consequences:

Sexual assaults
Slow the pulse and breathing leading to unconsciousness, slowed heart rate, and
death
You will not remember anything that happens
Dont know what is going on

12. If caught with this drug, what consequences would be enforced by the law?
Possession of Rohypnol- 3 years of prison maximum
Giving someone Rohypnol with the intention of committing crime-20
years of prison
Importing or exporting Rohypnol- 20 years of prison
Causing injury or death to someone by giving them Rohypnol- 20 years
minimum/life in prison

13. What are your personal thoughts about this drug?

My personal thoughts about the drug Rohypnol is that whoever does this drug is
stupid. The drug is very dangerous and you could end up somewhere bad or a
place you dont know is. Who get hurt by using this drug and it can ruin your
body and turn you into something bad.

Work cited
"Drugs, Alcohol, and Sexual Assault." Teen Health and Wellness. Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2015.
Web. 30 Jan. 2015 <http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/article/139/drugs-alcohol-and-sexualassault->
"DrugFacts: Club Drugs (GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol)." Drug Abuse. National
Institute on Drug abuse, Dec. 2014. Web. 3 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/
club-drugs-ghb-ketamine-rohypnol>.

"Drug Facts." Abovetheinfluence. N.p., Aug. 2011. Web. 3 Feb. 2015.

<http://abovetheinfluence.com/drugs/rohypnol/#facts>.