Citation

Spiller HA, Rogers J, Sawyer TS. Leg. Med. (Elsevier) 2007; 9(4): 192-195.

Affiliation

Kentucky Regional Poison Center, Louisville, KY, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Japanese Society of Legal Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.01.005

PMID

17320456

Abstract

Drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) has been defined as sexual activity occurring where consent is invalid or absent due to the effects of drugs and or alcohol. We report the use of a commonly available over-the-counter drug to induce an obtunded compliant victim with no memory of the period during the sexual assault. An adult male repeatedly used tetrahydrozoline to induce a comatose state in an adult female and four female children for the purposes of sexual assault. It may be warranted to include imidazoline derivatives in the testing for cases of DFSA.

Language: en