​Emergency Medical Assistance

Call 911 for difficulty breathing, loss of consciousness, seizures, severe confusion, chest pain, suspected overdose, or any medical emergency.

 

Poison Help

1-800-222-1222

Poison Help connects callers in the United States with their local Poison Control Center for confidential guidance regarding possible poisoning, medication exposure, or overdose.

 

National Sexual Assault Hotline — RAINN

1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

RAINN provides confidential sexual assault support and can help individuals locate medical and advocacy resources.

 

Naloxone / Narcan®

 

Naloxone is a medication that can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose, including an overdose caused by fentanyl.

Even after naloxone is administered, call 911, because its effects may wear off while opioids remain in the person's body.

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What Is Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault?

 

Drug-facilitated sexual assault, or DFSA, occurs when alcohol, medications, or other drugs are used to impair a person's ability to consent or when someone takes advantage of a person who is already impaired.

 

Drink tampering can involve many different substances—not only the drugs traditionally described as “date rape drugs.”

Alcohol itself remains the substance most commonly associated with drug-facilitated sexual assault.

 

A person who is intoxicated, unconscious, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to understand or participate in what is happening cannot provide meaningful consent.

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Know the Warning Signs

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Seek help if you or a friend suddenly experiences symptoms that seem inconsistent with the amount of alcohol consumed, including:

• Feeling extremely intoxicated after little or no alcohol

• Sudden dizziness

• Extreme sleepiness

• Confusion

• Memory gaps

• Difficulty speaking

• Difficulty standing or walking

• Poor coordination

• Blurred vision

• Nausea or vomiting

• Sudden agitation or hallucinations

• Unusual changes in heart rate

• Difficulty breathing

• Loss of consciousness

 

RAINN identifies symptoms such as unexpectedly severe intoxication, blurred vision, dizziness, confusion, memory loss, nausea, and breathing problems as warning signs that someone may have been drugged.

 

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