Pentobarbital for severe
gamma-butyrolactone withdrawal.
Interestingly, 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) and
gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), 2 GHB precursor molecules, are used extensively in chemical manufacturing.
While the presence of precursory chemicals, such as
gamma-butyrolactone, represents an obvious tip-off, the suspect also may have computer printouts, articles, or books on GHB.
Russia is a producer of several precursor chemicals including the amphetamine precursor benzyl methyl ketone (aka Phenyl-2-Propanone or P2P), the heroin precursor Acetic Anhydride, and the precursor
Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), a precursor in the production of Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB).
A 27-year-old woman, a 22-year-old woman and a man, 22, were taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough for treatment after it is thought they had ingested a chemical - possibly
gamma-butyrolactone, more commonly known as banned rave drug GBL.
GBL -
gamma-butyrolactone - will be placed in the Class C category, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said.
Following the tragedy, Maryon Stewart called for an immediate inquiry into why the drug
Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) had not been banned in Britain and yesterday she met Home Secretary Alan Johnson about the issue.
Also known by the street names G and Liquid Ecstasy, the substance's full name is
gamma-butyrolactone.