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- Taranaki Hysteria December 2006 |
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Nine Taranaki women who claim to
be drug rape victims were given horse tranquiliser by a gang of youths, say
street-savvy insiders. Taranaki's rape crisis centres
issued a region-wide alert last week after the women, aged 20 to 38, reported
being drugged and raped. The women have not officially told
New Plymouth police of their fears. Detective Senior Sergeant Grant
Coward said until someone comes forward the rapes remained allegations. But
two New Plymouth friends, who have used the drug recreationally, say about
six young men are dishing out the horse dope for kicks. "Someone's going to die.
These people think it's funny. They have no idea of the harm they are doing.
It scares me," one said. Ketamine, also known as K, Special
K, Horse, Kit Kat and Jet is taken recreationally but designed to knock out
horses for vets. "We know it's the same group
of people. They've been doing it for eight weeks solidly at parties. Dropping
people all over the place. "People chomped up some big
lines and then were told it was K. Some were left unconscious and alone on
the floor. "They call it the going into
a `K-hole' - when one's brain stops functioning except to keep your
respiratory system going. "It can take you into a quite
dreamy state. It is soluble in alcohol - hence the probability of it being
used for drug rape." The New Zealand Drug Foundation
website says the wacky dope has a street price of between $100 and $160 a
gram, which our man says can get 30 people "wasted easily". Although the concerned pair think
the young men involved are potentially capable of rape, they do not know if
this has occurred. "They're on drugs themselves.
Their insight, everything, is just not there. It's young guys on drugs
drugging people. "I don't know if some of
these girls have taken it, thinking they're having a line of methamphetamine,
then had sex while on a high and woken up in shock. "A lot of them aren't even
sure they have been raped. They're just waking up confused." |
