GHB is a drug used all around me,what is it and are there any side effects apart from the obvious?

It's kind of like ecstacy. Doesn't last as long. Looks like water and has a sort of off salty taste.

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The obvious being it is used by gay men for sex?

GHB & GHB Analogs 1 2


GHB is a clear odorless liquid (usually mixed with alcohol) or a white powder (usually made into tablets or capsules.) GHB is snorted, smoked, or mixed into drinks. The most commonly abused form is the liquid.

On the street, it is usually sold as a liquid by the dose (a capful from a bottle or drops). In some cities, GHB is put into water guns, and users buy it by the squirt. In other instances, candy, such as a lollipop, is dipped in GHB and sold.
Source: SAMHSA/CSAT, "GHB: A Club Drug to Watch," Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory, Nov. 2002

EFFECTS OF USE:
The effects of GHB vary each time a person uses it and it affects each person differently. Initial effects include euphoria and relaxation. Within 15 minutes nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, visual disturbances, respiratory distress, amnesia, seizures, and coma are possible. It is difficult to predict a person's reaction to GHB-- because GHB is produced in clandestine labs, the purity and strength of doses vary. Coma, poisoning and death resulting from ingestion of GHB have been well documented. As of November 2000, DEA documented 71 GHB-related deaths.

Coma and seizures can occur following abuse of GHB and, when combined with methamphetamine, there appears to be an increased risk of seizure. Combining use with other drugs such as alcohol can result in nausea and difficulty breathing. GHB may also produce withdrawal effects, including insomnia, anxiety, tremors, and sweating. Because of concern about Rohypnol, GHB, and other similarly abused sedative-hypnotics, Congress passed the "Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act of 1996" in October 1996. This legislation increased Federal penalties for use of any controlled substance to aid in sexual assault.
Source: "Rohypnol and GHB," NIDA InfoFacts, #13556

If you take too much, you can die (ok that's the obvious, it's silly to take drugs). I don't exactly know what it is, but I can assure you it has lots of evil things in it. It's a clear syrup that tastes awful. If you take a tiny (and I mean tiny) you feel physically slow, but mentally awake. If you take a bit too much you feel like you are really really drunk, but kind of better (like mentally you are still with it a bit more), so you look like you are drunk, but feel a bit better. It makes you vomit. It is not good really. Let your friends or whatever take, but please don't try it yourself. It's a very dicey drug (like ALL drugs), and if you have a certain amount one time, you may be fine, but another time, taking the same amount, it will completely wreck you....