The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has developed Japan's first rapid test kit for determining whether a sex crime victim has been given a so-called date rape drug.The "D1D plus" kit, developed in cooperation with the private sector, detects sleep-inducing drugs in urine in just several minutes, expediting the investigation process.Sex crimes involving the use of date rape drugs have been rising in recent years, with the capital seeing 20 or so cases annually. Victims are taken advantage of when they ingest food or drinks that have been surreptitiously mixed with drugs that make them l…READ FULL ARTICLE
