the government mission must “do education on a large scale”, believes a victim support association

Invited on Franceinfo on Wednesday, the president of the “MendorsPas” association ensures that the government mission to fight against chemical submission “will sweep away the entire spectrum of people who have a role to play in the care of these victims”.

“The prevention, the awareness that we must do on a very large scale and in a massive way, is to do pedagogy” on chemical submission, said, Wednesday March 6, on franceinfo Caroline Darian, president of the “MendorsPas” association dedicated to the fight against chemical submission, while a government mission was entrusted to a MoDem deputy, Sandrine Josso , herself a victim of chemical submission. The MP had filed a complaint against Joël Guerriau, Senator Horizons, whom she accuses of having drugged her with a view to sexually assaulting her.

Caroline Darian, whose mother was drugged for years by her husband who handed her over to strangers, assures that the mission “will cover quite broadly the entire spectrum of people who have an essential role to play in the support and care of these victims”. The president of “MendorsPas”, who will work with Sandrine Josso, calls for “take seriously” the words of the victims in particular “in the police stations, which are the first to receive” These persons.

Franceinfo: What is the objective of the government mission?

Caroline Darian: The objective of this mission is to listen to victims, meet victims, and also meet health professionals who play an essential role in identifying and supporting victims, but also people from around the world. judicial, lawyers, referents in police stations. This is really going to be a mission that will cover quite broadly the entire spectrum of people who have an essential role to play in the support and care of these victims. Today, where the problem is really in terms of identification and especially psychological and medical care.

How extensive is the chemical submission?

In the collective unconscious, we think that chemical submission is restricted to the use of drugs like GHB, which is the rapist drug we hear a lot about, or ecstasys or MDMA. But in reality, these are not the most representative cases of chemical submissions in France. In the majority of cases, we find molecules such as anxiolytics, sleeping pills, drugs which are diverted from their basic properties to sedate people, put them to sleep and, for the attackers, to be able to achieve their ends. In the majority of cases of chemical submission, we do not speak of extortion of funds, even if it exists, because there is an abuse of conscience. But it is mainly for the purposes of sexual assault.

How to do prevention?

Not all cases are the same. The association receives a lot of testimonies where there are victims who have reminiscences, who have memories, flashes. Not all victims live in a black hole. And when we say that we need to improve care, it also means that we can relieve the guilt of these women who often do not have the courage to file a complaint. And it happens there. Today, victims of chemical submission who want to investigate, who want to understand inconsistencies in behavior, things that have escaped them, if they do not file a complaint, they are not taken care of medically, or otherwise. less they are not relayed to the right structures to carry out the toxicological analyzes which are fundamental in the case of legal proceedings. So already, not filing a complaint is a real issue. Today, all the communication, prevention, awareness-raising that we must do on a very large scale and in a massive way is to educate on the subject. It also concerns the people who work in police stations, who are the first to hear from these victims who must be taken really seriously.