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gamma-hydroxybutyrate

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gam·ma-hy·drox·y·bu·ty·rate  (gm-h-drks-byt-rt)
n. Abbr. GHB
A compound similar in structure and function to gamma-aminobutyric acid, used illegally in synthetic form for its euphoric effects and as a date-rape drug.
gamma-hydroxybutyrate [ˌgæməhaɪˌdrɒksɪˈbjuːtɪreɪt]
n
(Law / Recreational Drugs) (Medicine / Pharmacology) a substance that occurs naturally in the brain, used medically as a sedative but also as a recreational drug and alleged aphrodisiac: known as `liquid ecstasy' when mixed with alcohol Abbreviation GHB
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Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or GHB, is a drug favoured by clubbers.
Fears over a best-seller; HORROR: How we passed on the bead warning ... by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
The report concluded there was no evidence to suggest widespread use of Rohypnol and only "limited traces" of GHB, or gamma-hydroxybutyrate.
Study disproves drug rape notion by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The High Court in Edinburgh heard officers also found plastic bottles containing trace amounts of GHB - or gamma-hydroxybutyrate.
Date rape drug sold by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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