Date rape drugs are any drugs that can render a person unconscious thereby allowing other people to take advantage of them. The two most common drugs used are ketamine and gamma-hydroxybutyric acid or GHB. An unusual straw has been invented in Israel by Fernando Patolsky and Michael Ioffe, that can detect those two date rape drugs, and more drugs will soon be added to the straw's detection abilities including rohypnol aka ruffies. The straw works quickly and can be reused until the presence of any date rape drugs are detected. The inventors are currently seeking further investors to develop methods of cheap mass production of the straws.
According to the co-inventor, Fernando Patolsky, a chemistry professor at Tel Aviv University, the straw uses a tiny sample of your drink and mixes it with a testing solution, that causes a chemical reaction making the solution cloudy or colored, depending on the drug.
The sad statistics are that one in six women will be sexually assaulted during her lifetime, so hopefully this invention will help keep more women safe. Photo Credit: Elke Van de Velde/Getty Images