Sexual Assault Victim Invents a Paper Napkin That Subtly Detects Date Rape Drugs
here are several steps to preparing for a date when you're a woman. First, there are the obvious steps: picking out an outfit, doing your hair, and perfecting your makeup. But some women take additional steps out of concern for their safety. They may text their friends the name of the person they're meeting with, as well as the location of the date. They plan to text their friends as soon as they get home safely. And if they're going out to a bar, they remember the all-important lesson of never leaving your drink unattended.
For many women, going out on a date isn't all fun. Because of the world we're living in, women are taught to constantly be on the lookout for people who mean them harm. Luckily for them, there's a new product on the market that may make it easier to tell whether your date's intentions are pure.
Some sexual predators will drop drugs into an unattended drink.
These drugs — known as date rape drugs — incapacitate people and render them vulnerable to sexual assault. Obviously, there’s a huge market for products that are able to detect these drugs. Over the past few years, several have been invented.
There’s a coaster that, if liquid from the drink is dropped onto it, will change color if drugs are present.
This is handy, but maybe not quite as subtle as one would hope.
The company Undercover Colors created nail polish that changes color upon contact with common date rape drugs. This makes it easy to simply bring the detection tool with you, but obviously requires some additional pre-date prep time if you want to make sure to paint your nails first.
There are also straws which change color if they come into contact with date rape drugs.
Yet another simple solution to a glaring problem.
But the newest date rape drug-detecting product may be the simplest one yet:
It’s a napkin called the “KnoNap.”
From the outside, it looks like a simple paper napkin. But there’s much more at play in the KnoNap than appears at first sight…
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