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flunitrazepam/Rohypnol is a prescription drug - the only sedative that has been used in many date rapes in the US. Rohypnol's medical use is a preoperation anesthetic or strong sleeping pill, but stronger doses can bring on amnesia. It takes effect very quickly - sometimes as quick as 10 minutes after taken - and reaches its peak eight hours later when it can render a patient totally unconscious. Rohypnol comes as a pill that can diissolve in liquids. Some are round , small and white. Newer pills are oval and green-grey in colour. When slipped into a drink , a dye in these new pills makes clear liquids turn blue and the dark drinks turn cloudy. But this colour change might br hard to see in a dark drink, or in a dark room.Also the pills with no dye are available. these pills may be grounded up into a powder.
The effects of rohypnol can be felt within 30 minutes of being drugged and can last for several hours. If an individual is drugged he/she might look and act like someone who is drunk. There can be trouble in standing. The person's speech might be slurred. These effects can be short term or long term.