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gamma hydroxybutyrate
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Noun1.gamma hydroxybutyrate - a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape
GHB
club drug - a controlled substance that is usually taken by young people at dance clubs and raves
grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, soap, scoop - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
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The 20-year-old, who was given a suspended prison sentence at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday, first downloaded the recipe for notorious drug GHB - short for gamma-hydroxybutyric acid - from the internet, before ordering his own raw materials to put together the toxic substance, which can have a range of effects, from nausea to coma.
SCIENTIST'S HOME-MADE DATE RAPE DRUG; Young technician stayed behind ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Gallimberti L, Canton C, Gentile N, et al: Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid for treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
[gamma]-Hydroxybutyric acid: a medicine or a drug of abuse? ... by Southern Medical Journal
``Somebody supposedly came by and gave them what they thought was GHB,'' or Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
4 PARTYGOERS SWALLOW LYE, HOSPITALIZED by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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