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Bluelighter
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It seems that many people around my area have neither heard of, nor tried gamma hydroxybutyrate (ghb) or it's analogues and i'm wondering why. A friend of mine recently said his dealer had some and I was really excited because I had read about it, and thought that it might finally be my time to try some. Anyway, for one reason or another it fell through.
Having done some research i concluded that with a simple refluxing apparatus, some reagent grade sodium hydroxide and gamma butryolactone, it would be relatively easy to produce GHB. In fact, the simplicity of it was striking - anyone with a very basic knowledge of chemisty and a synthesis guide should be able to carry out the procedure for the most part. Why then, if it's such a great drug, and it's so easy and cheap to produce, is it so scarce? I mean, nearly everyone on bluelight who has tried it seems to speak nothing but praise for it, and yet I can't say that i've found a dealer that stocks it.
In addition, the precursors, sodium hydroxide and gamma butryolactone are both relatively easy to obtain. Or are they? Well sodium hydroxide definately is, in fact, it's a commonly used base and would not be hard to order lab grade NaOH off the internet. As for gamma butryolactone, Im not so sure. I know that it is often used as an electrolyte in cells, but i'm not sure about the scheduling of it in Australia. Does anyone know? This could perhaps be the key to the scarcity of it.
On the otherhand, perhaps i'm just not looking in the right places? If you've tried ghb and know it's around, post up. I'm not asking for sources, i'm just interested to know whether it's just my area and friends who have never come into any real contact with ghb, or whether it's just not really a drug-at-large following the date-rape incidents and the steep dosage/response curve (and therefore greater danger then some other substances).
It really is quite perplexing. I mean, i'm quite sure that it is a drug that would appeal to many - supposedly feeling somewhere between ecstacy and alcohol (i.e a more euphoric drunken feeling). In addition, i'm pretty sure the precursors are cheap and easy to obtain and it's quite a simple procedure to synthesise ghb. Why then is it so scarce?
Cheers in advance for any insight into the matter.
Peace
-DISCLAIMER-
I have no interest in synthesising this compound nor would I even try the procedure myself.
Having done some research i concluded that with a simple refluxing apparatus, some reagent grade sodium hydroxide and gamma butryolactone, it would be relatively easy to produce GHB. In fact, the simplicity of it was striking - anyone with a very basic knowledge of chemisty and a synthesis guide should be able to carry out the procedure for the most part. Why then, if it's such a great drug, and it's so easy and cheap to produce, is it so scarce? I mean, nearly everyone on bluelight who has tried it seems to speak nothing but praise for it, and yet I can't say that i've found a dealer that stocks it.
In addition, the precursors, sodium hydroxide and gamma butryolactone are both relatively easy to obtain. Or are they? Well sodium hydroxide definately is, in fact, it's a commonly used base and would not be hard to order lab grade NaOH off the internet. As for gamma butryolactone, Im not so sure. I know that it is often used as an electrolyte in cells, but i'm not sure about the scheduling of it in Australia. Does anyone know? This could perhaps be the key to the scarcity of it.
On the otherhand, perhaps i'm just not looking in the right places? If you've tried ghb and know it's around, post up. I'm not asking for sources, i'm just interested to know whether it's just my area and friends who have never come into any real contact with ghb, or whether it's just not really a drug-at-large following the date-rape incidents and the steep dosage/response curve (and therefore greater danger then some other substances).
It really is quite perplexing. I mean, i'm quite sure that it is a drug that would appeal to many - supposedly feeling somewhere between ecstacy and alcohol (i.e a more euphoric drunken feeling). In addition, i'm pretty sure the precursors are cheap and easy to obtain and it's quite a simple procedure to synthesise ghb. Why then is it so scarce?
Cheers in advance for any insight into the matter.
Peace
-DISCLAIMER-
I have no interest in synthesising this compound nor would I even try the procedure myself.
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