Reply #8: Victim must AGREE to toxicology screening

[FreakinDJ]

kind of a catch 22. If the victim refuses the drug test they can't examine for evidence

The medical guidelines section discusses the importance of obtaining a conscious victim's consent for any toxicology screens. However with unconscious victims, while it encourages making decisions to take urine samples on a case-by-case basis, it still states that emergency personnel "should" take a urine sample on unconscious victims if they believe a victim was given a controlled substance. Some advocates who have worked with sexual assault survivors have expressed concern about any approach that might test without consent as it may further traumatize the victim.(p.45)

http://www.vawnet.org/SexualViolence/PreventionAndEducation/Approaches/SchoolBased/IL_AvertingCampDateRape_sum.php