Date Rape Drug Detector 'DrinkSavvy' To Launch Soon; Crisis Centers to Offer Product For Free (VIDEO)

DrinkSavvy, a product that detects if date rape drugs have been mixed into beverages, will hit the market soon according to Fox News.

After launching a successful $50,000 Indiegogo fundraising campaign, Mike Abramson created DrinkSavvy after developing a material that changes color when mixed with the odorless and tasteless date rape drugs, such as ketamine, rohypnol, and gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB).

John MacDonald, a chemistry professor at Worcestor Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, assisted Abramson in the study.

Rape crisis centers will provide the first line of DrinkSavvy's products for free, which include 16-ounce plastic cups and straws. Abramson hopes colleges, bars, and clubs will follow suit and provide them to address the concerning rates of rape and sexual assault.

Although women are usually the victims of date rape drugs, Abramson was a victim of the drug and became inspired to do something about it after his experience.

"Within the past three years, three of my very close friends - and myself - have been the unwitting victims of being drugged...And I want to prevent it from happening to anyone else," he said.

According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), there are 207,754 sexual assaults each year -- 44 percent of which target people under the age of 18 and 80 percent under 30.

The U.S. Department of Justice published a study claiming that "college campuses host large concentrations of young women who are at greater risk for rape and other forms of sexual assault than women in the general population or in a comparable age group."

Based on the findings in the research conducted by the Department of Justice, researchers also found that "women at a college that has 10,000 female students could experience more than 350 rapes a year - a finding with serious policy implications for college administrators."

Given the backlash college administrations have received from young women who report sexual assault, DrinkSavvy may be able to contribute to a decline in sexual assault for the college generations.

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