Article: Sex, drugs, and sudden death.(dangers of date-rape drug GHB and other 'party drugs')(Brief Article)

Article: FDA Recalls Popular Dietary Supplement; Cousin to Banned Chemical ...
The Washington Post;  February 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... those associated with GHB--comas, unexplained ... began showing up in GBL users, said Mary Palmer ... is easy to explain: GBL is chemically converted by the body into GHB, the banned drug ... that she had taken GHB. GBL apparently can produce ...

Article: Clubs employ medics to fight new drug craze Health: An industrial ...
The Independent on Sunday;  September 5, 2004 ;     693 words ... ... hospital have been users of GHB and GBL or who mixed alcohol with those ... has warned of the dangers of GBL and is campaigning to keep it and GHB out of clubs. According to ... the increasing incidence of GBL and GHB abuse. "If you have two or ...

Article: New classification makes party drug illegal; The similarities ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... paint strippers. As drugs, GBL and its cousin GHB have been used at parties to ... Federal law doesn't restrict GBL as tightly as GHB, but anyone who sells it for ... than 5,700 people overdosed on GHB, GBL and related compounds last year ...

Article: GBL: GH releaser or deadly drug?
Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness;  November 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... GABA.5 GBL & GH Release GBL's and GHB's appeal to bodybuilders comes ... jerks, twitches and tremors. GHB and especially GBL cause absence (petit mal) seizures ... Suppliers Unchecked Since both GBL and GHB have been banned from legal sale ...

Article: Ohio law cracks down on GHB
University Wire;  May 18, 2000 ;     489 words ... ... in Panama City, Fla. As use of GHB and GBL spreads throughout the country ... Sowerby suspects the occurrences of GHB or GBL overdose may be more common because ... GHB, because the body metabolizes GBL into GHB, according to Sowerby. Although ...

Transcript: FDA WARNS ABOUT PRODUCTS CONTAINING GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE OR ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  January 21, 1999 ;     604 words ... ... effects. When taken orally, GBL is converted in the body to gamma hydroxybutyrate or GHB. GHB is a very potent unapproved ... its serious side effects, GHB should not be taken unless ... enforcement actions against GHB. GBL should not be taken. Products ...

Article: FDA urges that do-all supplement GBL be recalled; For now; ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... behavior and vomiting after taking GBL before a performance. She told ... show." When people ingest GBL, it breaks down into the drug known as GHB, or gamma hydroxybutyrate ... Minneapolis doctor agrees that GHB and GBL have some potential good uses ...