GHB (and GBL)
Popular names GHB - 'G', ‘Liquid ecstasy’, Liquid X’, 'Easy Lay', 'Cherry Meth', 'Scoop', Organic Quaalude', ‘Fantasy’. GBL - ‘Midnight blue’, ‘Blue nitro’, ' Alloy Cleaner', 'Magic Stripper'.What is it?
GHB is a depressant substance; it slows down the body’s reactions and functions in many different ways.
Sought after effects
unihibited
mild euphoriant
relaxed feeling
aid sleep
a supliment for body building
Undesired effects
loss of body control - effects similar to alcohol which can last for several hours
feeling sick and being sick
numb muscle and disorientation
seizures and collapsed
psycosis and severe agitation
tachycardia
delerium
audio and visual hallucinations
paranoia
There is a strong sexual component associated with the drug’s action, which is related to it being used as a ‘date rape’ drug.
What does it look like?
GHB is a white crystalline powder. The powder is rarely sold on at street or club level. Instead the salt is mixed with water to produce a clear liquid - often sold in small platic bottles.
GHB can be easiliy manufactured from GBL which is typically sold in plastic bottles, sometimes labelled but often unmarked.
How is it taken?
GHB and GBL is most commonly taken orally in liquid form; the powder is not commonly snorted, but dissolved in fluid.
Swallowed: small capful provides an ‘average’ dose. It can take up to an hour for the effects to be fully felt.
GBL is converted to GHB in the body, appears in the same liquid form and produces equivalent effects to GHB.
