GHB

g-hydroxybutyrate

Sedative closely related in structure to GABA. Now a schedule I substance in the USA.

GHB is usually found as a colorless or faintly colored (impure) solution of the sodium (Na-GHB) or potassium (K-GHB) salt in water. Pure Na- and K-GHB are white, hygroscopic salts

Dosage:

Taxa Containing GHB:

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)
• Kitchen GHB Synthesis
  by "Out-of-it"
• GHB Synthesis
  by Rhodium. Version 1.5, 1997
• GHB Neuropharmacology
  A brief overview
• Preparation of Powder GHB
• Directions From a GHB Kit Manufacturer
  Historical document from GHBKit.com, now defunct along with the industry.
• Bimodal Psychotropic Response to GHB
  From Centurion Aging Research Laboratory
• Patent concerning GHB treatment of alcoholism.
  US Patent #4983632
• Using GHB to Mitigate Opiate Withdrawal
  by Bilbo

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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
  • The Emergence of GHB Alternatives
    Interesting article on metabolic precursors to GHB, written after the FDA ban but before the federal scheduling (related items...)
• DEA (US Drug Enforcement Agency) (homepage, more info)
  Federal agency charged with enforcing US drug laws.
  • Club Drugs
    Report, February 2000 (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"
  • Drug Testing Homepage
    Drug testing info for a wide variety of substances (related items...)
  • GHB Vault (related items...)
  • Notes from the May, 2000 Conference of the California Association of Toxicologists
    Report on a conference on "rave drugs" (related items...)
• GHB FAQs page (homepage, more info)
  Information and FAQs on GHB.
  • GHB FAQ (related items...)
  • GHB References
    Useful bibliography. (related items...)
• GHB: The Stone Cold Truth (homepage, more info)
  A ridiculous Anti-GHB page run by Trinka Porrata, et al. - Sensationalism at it's finest
• Xenopharmacophilia (homepage, more info)
  • The Necessary Entheogen Explorer Files (related items...)
• Miscellaneous URLs
  • Dumb on Drugs
    "How the FDA has transformed over-the-counter GHB into a deadly underground date rape drug". From a newsletter on narcolepsy and sleep disorders. PDF. (related items...)

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Images:

• Chemical Reaction: GBL + NaOH to GHB
• "Gamma OH" Product Packaging
  Label for early commercially available GHB.
• GHB 2D Structure
• GHB 3D Structure

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Trip Reports:

• Walking Orgasm: Very positive and satisfactory experience
  Substances: 5-MeO-DIPT, GHB
• Morning glories a cure for social phobia?: Interaction with an SSRI (Paxil) examined
  Substances: GHB, LSA
• Weirdness..: An odd night
  Substances: DPT, GHB, Hashish, Marijuana
• The gods created insects in their own image: Flooded with insectoid imagery (K admin. rectally)
  Substances: GHB, Ketamine, 2C-B
• 2C-T-2 - I'll miss you: Everything is and will be OK
  Substances: 2C-T-2, GHB, Marijuana
• Foxy bites back: A high dose
  Substances: 5-MeO-DIPT, GHB, Marijuana
• More fun with exotic tryptamines: Exploration of different routes of administrating rare tryptamines
  Substances: 5-MeO-DIPT, DPT, GHB
• Pie Tasting: BZP and TFMPP likened with MDMA-type drugs
  Substances: BZP, TFMPP, GHB, Marijuana
• Flying Fox: Foxy on a plane, 8 miles high?
  Substances: 5-MeO-DIPT, GHB
• The Buddies: GHB meets Cannabis
  Substances: GHB, Marijuana

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