Miami Beach Offers Free Date-Rape Prevention Cards

Miami Beach, FL – In an effort to prevent visitors and residents from falling victim to sexual assault, the City of Miami Beach will be offering free date-rape prevention test cards over busy spring break and other high-impact periods.

“Date rape is a serious problem everywhere and I’m proud to have championed this effort to reduce the number of potential victims,” shared Miami Beach Commissioner Laura Dominguez. “An estimated 11 million women in the nation are believed to be survivors of rape while under the influence of alcohol and drugs.”

The Date Rape Drug Detector cards can identify the presence of date-rape drugs like Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and Ketamine. The city purchased 5,000 MBPD-branded cards that will be distributed by Miami Beach Goodwill Ambassadors and are also available in the lobby of the Miami Beach Police Department (1100 Washington Ave.).

The cards cannot be used to detect any other drugs or potentially harmful substances. They are also subject to false positives in the case of blue beverages, milk products, cream, oily liquors, some fruit juices and even some waters.

The cards advise users not to consume any beverage that produces a positive result when a droplet of the beverage is placed on two specified areas of the cards.

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