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Rohypnols was discovered/seen in Europe and sold in the late 1970's
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Began in the Western Europe in the 1970's
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The drug Rohypnol was released by Hoffman La Roche Pharmaceutica
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According to http://erowid.org in 1983 it was announced that the drug was illegal unless it was superscribed with a prescription. It was not approved to sell in the US.
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It was gaining the reputation for being used as a date rape drug
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Rohypnol was moved to the United Nations and remains scheduled IV in the United State.
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All importation of rohypnol is banned from the United States by the FDA.
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The U.S congress enacted the drug induced rape prevention act in 1996.
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illegal importations with rohypnol continues into the United States. The DEA reports that the use of importation continue to rise during this period
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Importation spread in Texas and Florida because of the allies/source with Europe.
