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   Message 49,848 of 51,410   
   infodex@mindspring.com to freemand@cosmoslair.com   
   Re: Visine and alcohol-rape drug?   
   02 May 15 22:51:35   
   
   On Sat, 02 May 2015 16:17:03 -0700, Don Freeman   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 4/30/2015 9:36 AM, Lewis wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Bullshit. Drinking visine is very bad, but it does not cause   
   >> unconsciousness. Rectal bleeding, maybe. Violent vomiting? Probably.   
   >> Hospitalization? Likely. Death? Possible.   
   >>   
   >> I've yet to see a doctor claim it is used as a date-rape drug. Based on   
   >> the effects it has, it would not be a very good choice since it mostly   
   >> causes vomiting.   
   >>   
   >> (pharmacists are not doctors, for anyone googling).   
   >>   
   >   
   >There was a rumor back in the '70s that slipping Visine in someones   
   >drink (non-alcoholic) would cause severe diarrhea. Never got close   
   >enough to anyone I hated enough to try it on.   
      
   It was a plot point on an old CSI: High-roller stiffs the long   
   suffering waitress on tips so she gets even by spiking his drink with   
   Visine, purportedly to drive him away from the table and end his   
   winning streak. He died, though I think the Visine thing was   
   incidental.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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