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Gamma- Hydroxybutyrate (GHB)

Gamma- Hydroxybutyrate (GHB). Drug Investigation Assignment. BY: Julie Cairone. Names for GHB (date rape). Chemical Name: Gamma- hydroxybutyrate Brand Name: Xyrem Street Names: Liquid X, Liquid E, Easy Lay, Georgia Home Boy, Bedtime Scoop, Grievous Bodily Harm, Salty Water. Description.

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Gamma- Hydroxybutyrate (GHB)

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  1. Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate(GHB) Drug Investigation Assignment BY: Julie Cairone

  2. Names for GHB(date rape) Chemical Name: Gamma-hydroxybutyrate Brand Name: Xyrem Street Names: Liquid X, Liquid E, Easy Lay, Georgia Home Boy, Bedtime Scoop, Grievous Bodily Harm, Salty Water

  3. Description • Depressant that acts on CNS • Naturally found in CNS • Protects cells from oxygen starvation • Odorless • Colorless • Nearly Tasteless • Can be liquid, pill, or powder • Can be felt within the first 10-20 min

  4. Liquid Pill Powder

  5. GHB Banned • FDA Banned GHB • GHB makers came out with GBL • Used as sleep aid & muscle enhancer • Street Names: firewater, lactone, blue nitro, vitality • FDA banned GBL too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RncP4cem5XI&feature=fvst

  6. Schedule • January 31, 2000 • Controlled Substance • Schedule 1 • FDA approved Schedule 4

  7. History • 1920- First synthesized • 1960s- Used as anesthetic & hypnotic • 1980s- Becomes available in food stores • 1990- FDA bans over-the counter- Sale • 1997-99- U.S. states place GHB in schedules 1-5 • 2000-02- Becomes illegal, FDA approves Xyrem for narcolepsy

  8. Medical Use • Anesthetic • Hypnotic • Clinical Depression • Alcoholism • Narcolepsy/insomnia

  9. Physiological Effects • Low Dose-Moderate • Increased sex drive • Dizziness • Slow heart rate • Muscle tremors • High Dose: • Sweating • Blackouts/memory lapses • Respiratory arrest • Loss of coordination • Overdose: • Nausea/vomiting • Seizures • Amnesia • Irregular/shallow breathing

  10. Psychological Effects • Feelings of Euphoria • Confusion • Hallucinations • Lowered Inhibitions

  11. Above the influence

  12. References • http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ghb/ghb.shtml • http://www.aafp.org/afp/20001201/2478.html • http://www.psychoactive.org.uk/GHB/description.htm • http://www.911rape.org/rape-drugs/ghb/street-names

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