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...re the assault occurred. • If you suspect that you may have been given a "rape drug," ask the hospital or clinic where you receive medical care to take a urine sample. Drugs, such as Rohypnol and GHB, are more likely to be detected in urine than in blood. • Write down as much as you can remember about the circumstances of the assault, including a description of the assailant. • Get information whenever you have questions or concerns. After a sexual assault, you have a lot of choices and decisions to make - e.g., about getting medical care, making a police report, and telling other people. You may have concerns about the impact of the assault and the reactions of friends and family members. You can get information by calling a rape crisis center, a hotline, or other victim assistance agencies. • Talk with a counselor who is trained to assist rape victims. Counseling can help you learn how to cope with the emotional and physical impacts of the assault. As I stated early victims of rape go through a live altering effect after a rape. A victim can get immediate treatment at a hospital. And the rape should be reported as soon as possible to the police. Another good thing to have is a support family or friends that you can trust to help you through this difficult time. Victims will never forget what has happened to them but in time it will get better and getting the treatment from a hospital or even just talking with someone you can trust will make the process a lot easier to deal with. I thought this information might be of some help I got it directly for the following website: http://www.rapecrisis.com/survivor_info.htm#you Frequently Asked Questions MYTH FACT Rape = Sex People commit rape for power, control & domination. Rapists are sex-starved perverts. Most rapists are married, or have a regular, consenting sex partner. I could never be raped. Unfortunately, every one is vulnerable to rape. Strangers commit rape. Nationally, 82% of rape victims know the person who raped them. According to the San Antonio Police Department in 1,750 cases committed from 1999 through 2001, 92% of the victims knew their perpetrators. Rape happens in bad neighborhoods, down dark alleys. Most rapes happen in the home of the victim, the rapist, or a friend. Some women ask to be raped by the way they dress. Rapists choose their victims based on availability, not on the way they look. If a woman gets drunk and leads a guy, then she “asked” to be raped. A person who is drinking or using drugs CANNOT consent to sex under any circumstance. The other individual is expected to know consent cannot be given. Men can’t cont...