GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate)

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GHB (Gamma-hydroxybutyrate) is known as a "party" or "club" drug and a date-rape drug, also called "Goop." This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes this drug. Specifically, it researches and discusses all aspects and information about this drug, including how the drug is produced, what its side effects are and how it came into existence. The paper also looks at the key geographic areas in the United States where the drug is used and any findings of any scientific research being done on this substance.

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"GHB is commonly used in clubs and at rave parties (24 hour overnight parties). It can be mixed into a drink, and the drinker has no idea it is in the drink, because it is odorless and colorless. Some people say it does taste salty, but that is the only giveaway that it might be in a drink. It takes affect very quickly, in as little as fifteen minutes, and can cause many side effects, including nausea, unconsciousness, dizziness, amnesia, visual hallucinations, reduced blood pressure, decreased heart rate, hypnotic effects resembling petit mal epilepsy, convulsions, severe respiratory depression, and coma, and recently is has been found to be extremely addictive. "At rave parties GHB is often mixed with alcohol, which is thought to amplify the effect of GHB as much as 10 times. The combination depresses the central nervous system and the respiratory system simultaneously, with sometimes deadly consequences" (Barshay 01D)."

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