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Rohypnol en · PROPN

From Ro(che) + hypno- + -ol, from the brand name F. Hoffmann-La Roche (known simply as Roche). First attested in the 1970s.

Flunitrazepam, a hypnotic drug (sleeping pill), sometimes used as a date rape drug.
- Rohypnol like a chloroform / Sugar from the day you are born / Washed out like a dinosaur 2003, “Brothers and Sisters”, in Think Tank, performed by Blur:
- Ten milligrams of Rohypnol before I take her to the ER will eradicate all memory of the last month of her life, let alone this evening. They’ll simply think some overjuiced undergrad date-raped her; it happens all the time. 2001 July 31, Ross LaManna, chapter 26, in Acid Test, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 232:
- Both Rohypnol and Seconal are physically addictive, and use of all three drugs rapidly builds up tolerance. 2001 October 14, Jason Burke, “Death of a princess”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2014:

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