GHB

Category:

Depressants.

Commercial and Street Names:

Gamma-hydroxybutyrate; G, Georgia home boy, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy.

How Administered:

Swallowed.

Intoxication Effects and Potential Health Consequences:

Reduced pain and anxiety; feeling of well-being; lowered inhibitions; slowed pulse and breathing; lowered blood pressure; poor concentration; drowsiness, nausea/vomiting, headache, loss of consciousness, loss of reflexes, seizures, coma, death; confusion, fatigue; impaired coordination, memory, judgment; respiratory depression and arrest, addiction. Associated with sexual assualt.