Uso de escopolamina en agresiones sexuales

Abstract

Introduction: Sexual assault is a universal phenomenon of humanity without any restriction of sex, age, ethnicity or social class. It brings with it consequences in people who may suffer problems in the field of physical and mental health in the short and long term. Its consequence is the presence of unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, and a greater susceptibility to suffering autolytic psychiatric symptoms. To carry out sexual assaults, various substances are involved that cause the victims to lose consciousness. The objective of the work is to analyze the mechanism by which scopolamine is a product used in sexual assaults. The methodology used was the search for scientific information in databases and bibliographic search engines such as Pubmed, Google Scholar, Elseiver, published in the last 5 years. Conclusions: Chemical submission is defined as the use of any psychotropic substance (drugs, narcotics or pharmaceuticals) that renders a person unconscious or lethargic, in order to commit sexual abuse. Most of the victims in these cases are young women who are in a social environment and who are under the influence of alcohol or other substances, which makes them an easy target to commit this type of sexual crime, since the interaction of scopolamine with the substances that the person has been subjected to increase its effect and in very serious cases it could be fatal.