The Victims who are Under the Effect of Drugs Fall Into Sexual Assault:Case Reports

Drug-facilitated sexual assault is defined as a crime of sexual assault where victims are exposed to drugs and / or alcohol and as a result; they experience loss of consciousness and inability to show resistance. Nowadays, the frequency of sexual attacks inflicted this way is increasing. Among these substances, alcohol ranks first in terms of frequency. Various psychoactive substances or central nervous system suppression drugs are given to the victim in combination with alcohol for rapid effect. Another method is giving the substances directly to the victim with a beverage other than alcohol. Many of these substances are colorless, odorless and tasteless, easily soluble in beverages and cannot be noticed when consumed. In the identification of substance or drug-facilitated sexual assault cases, timely collection of biological samples and forensic toxicological analysis is key. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the toxicological analysis results of cases that were alleged to be victims of sexual assault where alcohol and drugs that could facilitate sexual assault were detected in their biological samples from among the cases brought to the 5th Specialization Board of Forensic Medicine Institution, and to evaluate the effects of these substances on the behavior and self-defense attempts of the patients along with the literature