Susan Molinari: “this amendment is just a very straightforward sense-of-Congress resolution that the Drug Enforcement Agency and other…”

“this amendment is just a very straightforward sense-of-Congress resolution that the Drug Enforcement Agency and other Federal agencies should take whatever action necessary to end the illegal importation of a drug called Rohypnol. Today Congress acknowledges a drug problem that strikes its victims twice, by rendering them unconscious--for as much as 24 hours--allowing their attacker to rape and brutalize them. Second, the victim is so impaired that they cannot even remember anything about the attack. They are defenseless during the attack and after the attack they are equally as helpless to prosecute their attacker. The drug called Rohypnol, also known as roofies, roachies, or Mexican Valium, is not manufactured or sold in the United States, but is very available. So available that in a recent story by a national news program more than 30 women were raped in Ft. Lauderdale after this drug was slipped into their drink. Of course, this only accounts for reported rapes where a toxicology study was performed. There might be many others and we do not know. But what we do know is that this drug, which may not be sold or manufactured in the United States, is a serious threat to women. The drug is tasteless, odorless, and colorless, so its victims never know what has happened until after it's too late. In addition, it is 10 times more powerful than Valium.”