‘I was paralyzed’: Advocate urges lawmakers to add protections against date rape drug

Under current state law, testing strips for gamma hydroxybutyric acid, known informally as the date rape drug, are classified as drug paraphernalia.

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February 16, 2023 - 4:33 PM

Brandy Harris lost her young son to a fentanyl overdose. She asked lawmakers to add more protections against fentanyl during a Feb. 15, 2023, hearing. Photo by Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — In the mid ’90s, Paula Mitchell was celebrating a college basketball win at a party hosted by one of the players.

As the designated driver for her friends, she was sticking to Dr. Pepper, but she started to feel sick after she was given another soda by a basketball player.

“I get halfway through that can and I start feeling funny,” Mitchell said. “I started getting dizzy, almost like I had been drinking.”

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