- Get help immediately.
- Get to a safe place.
- Ask a trusted friend to stay with you and assist you in getting the help you need.
- Call 911.
Preserve as much physical evidence as possible. Do not urinate, shower, bathe, douche or throw away the clothing you were wearing during the incident. If possible, save any other materials that might provide evidence, such as the glass that held your drink.
Go to a hospital emergency department as soon as possible for an examination and evidence collection.
Request that the hospital take a urine sample for drug toxicology testing to be done by your law enforcement agency's crime lab. A special test must be conducted to detect a rape drug in a urine specimen. The first urine after the assault needs to be saved in a clean container. Preferably the urine should be collected at the hospital. The likelihood of detecting drugs used to commit the assault lessens each time you urinate.
Call your local rape crisis center or the National Sexual Assault Hotline (1-800-656-HOPE) for information and support.