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roofie

Rohypnol, a brand name for a very potent tranquilizer producing a sedative effect, amnesia, and muscle relaxation; sometimes used as a date-rape drug
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roof·ie

 (ro͞o′fē)
n. Slang
A tablet of the sedative flunitrazepam.

[Probably alteration (influenced by roof) of Rohypnol.]
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roofie

(ˈruːfɪ)
n
(Medicine) drugs slang a dose of the sedative drug flunitrazepam
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roo•fie

(ˈru fi)
n.
Slang. Rohypnol.
[1990–95, Amer.; allegedly fr. its use by roofers]
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Here - with thanks to the club's media team - is the lowdown on a squad of roofies, brickies and plumbers, a barman and a taxi driver, students and engineers, and even an artist and a fashion designer...
I'm saving my 'roofies' for Dubai." As a result, she believed she'd been given Rohypnol, or "roofies," otherwise known as the date-rape drug.
The scientists want to develop the sensor to detect Rohypnol, commonly known as 'roofies.'
Street names include Roofies, Rophies, Roche, Forget-me Pill, Circles, Mexican Valium, Rib, Roach-2, Roopies, Rope, Ropies, Ruffies, and Roaches (14).
Men were asked about their lifetime use of 12 different drug types: alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or other opiates, hallucinogens, Ecstasy, club drugs other than Ecstasy (e.g., ketamine/"Special K," Rohypnol/"roofies," or GHB), methamphetamine, Viagra or the equivalent, and nonprescription use of sedatives or depressant drugs.
So the idea is to celebrate making it through the morgue by bath of us popping a couple roofies tonight to see what it does to us; we know the date-rape drug isn't exactly recreational, but we're both curious.
Street names for Rohypnol include Roofies, R2, Roofenol, Roche, Roachies, La Rocha, Rope, Rib, Circles, Mexican Valium, Roach-2, Roopies, Ropies, Forget Pill, Trip-and-Fall and Mind Erasers.
The most commonly listed substances were "roofies" /rohypnol (42%), ecstasy (30%) and alcohol and marijuana (both listed by 24% of participants), however, another 32% of participants reported that they did not know what substances were associated with sexual assault.
All there, safe and unsound, a handful of white Roofies for the partner of my choosing.
In 2005 his film Roofies was awarded the Best Medium Film prize at the Gothenberg International Film Festival.
Self-reported use of other substances (e.g., club drugs, ecstasy, GHB, 'roofies,' LSD) was low (less than five percent of all respondents reported any use in the last year), and that prevalence did not differ between groups.