Is India Becoming The Land Of “ Date Rape Drugs”?

If International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) , regulatory body overseeing the usage of drugs is to be believed, very soon India would get this sobriquet. The rampant use of “date rape drugs" as well as abuse of prescription drugs is on a rise in India. Most of drugs are available at the click of a mouse, where one can get hold of a drug which is otherwise very diffult to get in a regular medical store.

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Among other medicine, “date rape drugs” has seen a steady rise in its use in recent times. One of the reasons attributed to the rise is because the sexual abusers are taking the advantage of the using using substances not restricted by the international drug conventions.

One can recall the drug Flunitrazepam, which was being sold under the name Rohypnol leading to its misuse by the sex offenders in the recent past.

The modus-operandi for the unlawful pharmacies in the internet was very simple. The prospective buyer would place an order over the internet. These phony pharmacies which are mostly based abroad would send the desired drug either through postal service or courier.