Table from the 2010 DrugScience study ranking various drugs (legal and illegal) based on statements by drug-harm experts. This study rated alcohol the most harmful drug overall, and the only drug more harmful to others than to the users themselves.[1]
Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) is a sexual assault (rape or otherwise) carried out on a person after the person has become intoxicated due to being under the influence of any mind-altering substances, such as having consumed alcohol or been intentionally administered another date rape drug. 75% of all acquaintance rapes involve alcohol and/or drugs. Drugs, when used with or without alcohol, result in a loss of consciousness and a loss of the ability to consent to sex.[2]
Researchers have found that alcohol-facilitated rape is the most common form of sexual violence against women.[3] As with other types of rape, a DFSA is a crime of physical violence, and can be a result of sexual hedonism and entitlement.[4] Most victims of DFSA are women and most perpetrators are men.[4]
^Krebs, Christopher P.; Lindquist, Christine H.; Warner, Tara D.; Fisher, Bonnie S.; Martin, Sandra L. (2009). "College Women's Experiences with Physically Forced, Alcohol- or Other Drug-Enabled, and Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Before and Since Entering College". Journal of American College Health. 57 (6): 639–649. doi:10.3200/JACH.57.6.639-649. PMID19433402. S2CID41184253.
^ abWelner, Michael; Welner, Barbara (2008). "Chapter 23: Drug-Facilitated Sex Assault". In Hazelwood, Robert R.; Burgess, Ann Wolbert (eds.). Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation: A Multidisciplinary Approach (4th ed.). CRC Press. pp. 445–462. doi:10.1201/9781420065053.ch23 (inactive November 11, 2024). ISBN978-1-4200-6504-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)