Date Rape DrugDate rape drug refers to any drug that can be used to assist in the commission of a sexual assault (date rape).
The term "
date rape drug" originated in journalism and has no strict scientific or legal definition, because a wide variety of substances can be used to incapacitate a person, and all of them have sometimes been taken willingly by people in other situations. Drugs used to facilitate rape may have sedative, hypnotic, dissociative, and/or amnesiac effects, and may be added to a food or drink without the victim's knowledge.