Gamma Hydroxybutyrate

Gamma Hydroxy Butyric Acid

or simply GHB 

WHAT IS IT

GHB

(gamma hydroxybutyrate /gammahydroxy-butyric acid) is a depressant that is usually avaliable in odorless and tasteless liquid form. It can also be sold as a powder or pill. It takes effect 10-20 min. after it is ingested and its effects typically last up to four hours.

GHB has been used in "date rape." It can be colorless, tasteless, and odorless, and has been added to beverages and ingested without the victim's knowledge. It can also cause anterograde amnesia(loss of memory), which makes it difficult for victims to recall what happened or identify his/her attacker.

 

WAKE UP AND SMELL ROSES

GHB affects your self-control. It has been used in "date rape" and other assaults because it is a tasteless, odorless substance that can be unknowingly ingested and causes amnesia.

GHB can cause people to lose consciousness.

GHB withdrawal symptoms include anxiety, tremors, sweating, and sleeplessness.

Different amounts of GHB have different effects on people. In other words, no amount is safe.

 

STREET LINGO

-Liquid Ecstay -Soap -Scoop -Easy Lay -Georgia home boy -Grievous bodily harm

-Liquid X -Goop

 

RISKS

-Coma(at high doses)

-Seizures

-Nausea and breathing difficulties(when combined with alcohol or other drugs)

-Posioning

-Overdose

-Death(at high doses)

-Addiction & withdrawl effects (including insomnia, anxiety, tremors, and sweating)

-Assault/sexual assault "date rape" (due to the pills being colorless, tasteless, and odorless, they be added to beverages to injest unbeknowst to the victim, who becomes unable to defend him/herself because of the drug's effects)

-Anterograde amnesia(inability to remember events experienced while under the influence of the drug)

 

DEPENDENCE & WITHDRAWAL:

Severe GHB dependence was found to follow daily use of varying amounts of GHB over a period ranging from 2 mnths to 3 yrs. according to the findings in a retrospective study of eigth patients with prolonged withdrawal symptoms after discontinuing chronic use of GHB.

Researchers found that withdrawal symptoms started between 1 & 6  hrs. after the last dose and lasted between 5 to 15 days. One person died from cardiac complications on the 13th day. Reported withdrawal symptoms include:

~Psychosis & severe agitation requiring self-protection procedures & sedation

~mild tachycardia(increased heart rate) & hypertension

~neurologic effects, including prolonged delirium

~halluinations

~diaphoresis(profuse sweating), nausea, & vomiting

 

SYMPTOMS OF GHB OVERDOSE:

~nausea

~bradycardia(slow heart rate)

~decreased level of consciousness

 

FEDERAL CLASSIFICATION:

Schedule I

 

STATISTICS:

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