Pubdate: Wed, 05 Apr 2006
Source: Agassiz Harrison Observer (CN BC)
Copyright: 2006 Agassiz Observer
Contact:  http://www.agassizharrisonobserver.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1344
Author: Darla Dickinson
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?158 (Club Drugs)

HARSH REALITY OF DATE RAPE CONVEYED

Students at AESS got a different form of an educational message last 
Thursday (March 30). The message was delivered through a one person 
play 'Dissolve', which was about the drug facilitated date rape.

"This is a story that needs to be told. In fact, Dissolve, represents 
countless stories that were never told. My vision with Dissolve is 
not only to educate my audience on the drugs themselves, but also to 
force society to recognize that this is an ongoing problem that 
desperately needs to be acknowledged. No one wants to believe that 
drug-induced rape happens within their social circle, but as long as 
the issue is ignored, victims will continue to wake up frightened, 
ashamed, and terribly confused," says Meghan Gardiner, the writer and 
performer of the play. The play was put on by the Agassiz RCMP and AESS.

"This is a universal problem. There is a lot of synthetic drugs that 
teenagers really don't understand the drug or its impact and the 
results can be pretty devastating," says Sergeant Mike McCarthy, with 
the Agassiz RCMP.
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