U.K. - GHB to become class B drug in UK after use in high-profile rape cases

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GHB to become class B drug in UK after use in high-profile rape cases
Lucy Campbell
The Guardian
March 30th, 2021
The drug GHB and related substances are to be reclassified from class C to class B following their use in “truly sickening” high-profile rape cases, the home secretary has said.

The reclassification means those found in unlawful possession of the drugs will face tougher penalties and victims will be better protected from their use by criminals, the Home Office said.

Priti Patel announced she would tighten the restrictions around GHB, or gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and related substances following recommendations by the independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), which previously found evidence of a “concerning increase” in the harm the drugs cause.

A review of controls on these drugs was commissioned by the home secretary in January 2020 amid growing concern over their criminal use, particularly following the conviction of Britain’s most prolific rapist.

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The Home Office said it would also “bring forward legislation” around two substances that can be converted to GHB on ingestion: GBL and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD). The department said this would mean that “those wishing to possess them for legitimate industrial purposes will require a licence”.
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Always remember the most easily available date-rape drug is EtOH.

GHB/GBL/etc are competing with alcohol, the alcohol industry does not like them...so they get outlawed. Same reason why Big Tobacco don't want vaping. Too much competition.

Date rape is being used as an excuse to ban something that competes with the heavily established alcohol industry.
 
GHB is probably the most unpractical drug for that purpose, certainly in a crowded nightclub. But who needs facts if you have a good story?
 
Wow i forgot it was a class c drug. Ever since they banned gbl my love affair with it stopped. Probably for the best ha! Did anyone find the availability of ghb to be good anyways? I always found it very scarce even being a class c all this time.
 
Bare_head said:
Wow i forgot it was a class c drug. Ever since they banned gbl my love affair with it stopped. Probably for the best ha! Did anyone find the availability of ghb to be good anyways? I always found it very scarce even being a class c all this time.
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Depends on where you live
 
I was always skeptical of these stories, not because I doubt that some people would whatever they could get their hands on to rape (although I have my suspicions that this is a common enough phenomenon to warrant moral panic) but first and foremost because GHB tastes bad. Like really, really bad. I don't think even the fruitiest of drinks would cover the taste.
 
I dont even understand how enough GHB to knock them out could be added to someone's drink
SKL said:
I was always skeptical of these stories, not because I doubt that some people would whatever they could get their hands on to rape (although I have my suspicions that this is a common enough phenomenon to warrant moral panic) but first and foremost because GHB tastes bad. Like really, really bad. I don't think even the fruitiest of drinks would cover the taste.
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Yeh, this was thought entirely. Plus you need a lot of the stuff to guarantee a blackout. But presumably, anyone using this for nefarious purposes would seek out victims that were already totally shitfaced drunk. Then they would only have to administer a fraction of the standard dose for it to be effective.

But yeh, that fuckin taste...
 
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