GHB-related

Chemicals which are structurally similar to GHB and GBL

Misuse of GHB, GBL, and similar drugs can be deadly!

If you use GHB-type drugs, we strongly urge you to observe the following safety precautions.

1. Never combine with alcohol or other CNS depressants. This combination has been deadly to a number of people.
2. Seek medical attention for anyone who passes out from a GHB-type drug unless you can positively verify they are not under the influence of other drugs as described above.
3. Never use "liquid" GHB unless you know the concentration, as it varies according to preparation. An overdose can cause anything from unrousable sleep (most commonly) to death (at least 50 confirmed from GHB alone), and the steep dose-response curve exacerbates the problem.
4. Unlike cannabis and psychedelics, and like alcohol, nicotine, and heroin, Use of GHB-type drugs can be physically addictive. We have received multiple reports from individuals who have experienced severe withdrawal symptoms when trying to abstain from GHB use. These individuals reported using GHB several times a day (practically continuously) for extended periods of time.

When in doubt, DON'T USE GHB! Likewise for all other drugs as well. This warning is not here to separate GHB from other drugs; the same level of careful behavior is advisable at all times, for any drug.

Documents:

• GHB FAQ
  By John Morgenthaler and Dan Joy. Good resource, but written before there was much information on GHB's potential adverse effects (such as physical addiction)

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Contacts and URLs:

• Cognitive Enhancement Research Institute (homepage, more info)
  CERI has lots of information regarding nootropics (smart drugs) and GHB-type drugs
• DanceSafe (homepage, more info)
  "Promoting health and safety within the nightclub community." Offers harm-reduction information on MDMA and other drugs, Ecstasy testing kits, etc.
  • GHB
    Information page on GHB (related items...)
• Disinformation (homepage, more info)
  An opinionated and alternative presentation of many interesting topics, some drug-related.
  • Disinfo's GHB Page (related items...)
• Erowid (homepage, more info)
  "Documenting the Complex Relationship between Humans and Psychoactives"
  • GHB Vault (related items...)
• GHB FAQs page (homepage, more info)
  Information and FAQs on GHB.
  • GHB References
    Useful bibliography. (related items...)
• Rhodium (homepage, more info)
  Drug chemistry and pharmacology

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Children:

• 1,4-butanediol (GHB-alcohol; 1,4-butylene glycol; tetramethylene glycol; g-hydroxybutanol)
  Used industrially; Indirectly metabolized into GHB
• 4-methyl-GHB (4-Hydroxyvalerate)
  Sodium 4-Hydroxyvalerate
• Butyrate (n-butyric acid)
  Structural basis for a wide class of molecules
• GABA (g-aminobutyric acid)
  Metabolite of ghb and neurotransmitter.
• GBL (g-butyrolactone)
  Chemical and metabolic precursor to GHB
• GHB (g-hydroxybutyrate)
  Sedative closely related in structure to GABA. Now a schedule I substance in the USA.
• GHB-aldehyde (g-hydroxybutyraldehyde)
  metabolic precursor to ghb