In Miami, three young girls created a straw that changes color on contact with certain drugs placed in a glass.
Some particularly crooked minds rape women after putting drugs in their drink. Other minds, even more ingenious, invent tools to confuse these rapists. The latest is a straw which, placed in the glass, changes color on contact with a drug.
The invention comes from three American high school girls living in Miami. The “smart raw” (intelligent straw) makes it possible to detect the substances the most used by the aggressors, namely the GHB, the ketamine, but also the Rohypnol and the Zolpidem, two powerful hypnotics – the first was moreover withdrawn from the. French market due to misuse.
Limit the dangers
Immersed in a glass contaminated with one of these substances, the straw takes on a blue color. The victim is then warned and can throw away the contents of his glass. “This will not end the rapes, but the straw could decrease the number of dangerous situations in which we can find ourselves because of these drugs”, explain the young girls.
The idea came to them during an entrepreneurship course at school. The high school girls are preparing to file their patent and to engage in a crowdfunding operation, they explain. They subsequently wish to market this straw.
Alcohol: the first date rape drug
In the United States, initiatives to fight rapist drugs are increasing. Thus, American students recently invented an anti-rape varnish, the color of which changes on contact with ecstasy, GHB and benzodiazepines.
As clever as they are, these inventions should not make us lose sight of the fact that the majority of sexual assaults during festive events take place in a context of alcohol alone.
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