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What is intoxicant facilitated sexual assault?
When drugs or alcohol are used to intoxicate an individual, in order to make them vulnerable by compromising their ability to offer free and full consent to sexual activity, it is called sexual assault facilitated by intoxication. It is carried out by administering substances that can: - inhibit an individual’s mental and / or physical abilities, and/or - prevent them from resisting, and/or - prevent them from remembering the assault.
What are intoxicating substances?
Who can administer intoxicants?
What effects do intoxicants have?
How does intoxicant facilitated sexual assault occur?
What can I do if I have experienced intoxicant facilitated sexual assault?
What are some things that are useful to remember?
How can I stay safe with alcohol?
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