What is GHB?
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is one of a group of club drugs that often are abused by people who attend a variety of all-night parties sometimes called “raves.” In addition to GHB, the five drugs commonly identified as club drugs are lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), ketamine, methamphetamine, methylenedioxymetham-phetamine (MDMA, or ecstasy), and rohypnol (flunitrazepam).
GHB is a synthetically produced central nervous system depressant. On the street, it is usually sold as a liquid by the dose (a capful from a bottle or drops). In some cities, GHB is put into water guns, and users buy it by the squirt. In other instances, candy, such as a lollipop, is dipped in GHB and sold.3 In liquid form, GHB is colorless and odorless and has a salty or soapy taste.
GHB is also sold in powder or capsule form. It is made of lye or drain cleaner mixed with GBL, a chemical cousin of GHB and an industrial solvent often used to strip floors. GBL itself is often abused and produces the same effects as GHB. GBL and another chemical cousin, 1,4 butanediol (1,4 BD), convert to GHB in the body. Some GHB users brew the drug in bathtubs at home.
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Just another post added to the vast list of high quality stuff already posted here. I sometimes wonder at the art of writing you use to share such technical stuff without ever sounding boring…
Thanks for the post and the information regarding this drug. I think if people understood what they were actually putting in their bodies they might think twice
Thanks for this wonderful and informative post. Loved reading it.
Thanks for the info. I haven’t read a good explanation on this drug before this one. Thanks.
Hey Bill,
While GHB is certainly dangerous, a little more information would be helpful for people who may be tempted to try it:
NEVER mix GHB with alcohol. Though the exact mix chages for different people, this mixture can easily lead to death by essentially stopping a person’s cardiovascular system (heart).
GHB by itself can not lead to death, but has been known to be used as a date-rape drug by slipping into women’s drinks at bars. WATCH YOUR DRINKS!
Lastly, low doses of GHB are not harmful but actually can promote better sleep and metabolic functioning. Nevertheless, the drug is currently a schedule 1 drug and carries with it sentences similar to most hard drugs.