There was a splurge of activity over here in NZ with one4b over the past few weeks.
Here are A Couple Of Articles From
www.stuff.co.nz.
Big interest in feel-good drug
30 JANUARY 2001
Despite Health Ministry warnings that One4b could kill, dozens of Waikato people have e-mailed the drug's distributor wanting to buy it.
Thousands of packets of One4b, a legal substance promoted as a "safe" alternative to illegal drugs, have been recalled after four people overdosed on the product.
One4b creates feelings of euphoria, but if too much is taken the user can slip into a coma.
Four people in the past four days have been admitted for several hours to Auckland Hospital after taking the drug. Medical experts fear someone will die from One4b and the Health Ministry has issued a public warning urging people not to take the drug.
The ministry ordered distributor Outerspace to withdraw the drug from sale.
The product has not been sold in the Waikato, but distributor Mark Barlow, from Outerspace, said that since the drug hit the news he had received dozens of e-mails from Waikato people asking where they could buy it.
It was the sort of promotion the product needed and he hoped it wouldgo back on the market soon.
Auckland Hospital staff were told the latest victim took several sachets of the drug on Sunday night.
The man, 20, was flown to hospital from Piha beach, West Auckland, in a coma. He was discharged from hospital yesterday.
One4b is a legal version of the banned drug Fantasy, also known as GHB, or liquid ecstasy.
It has been sold via distributors in Auckland and through the internet for several weeks at $20 for 15ml.
Mr Barlow said he had handed all his stock to the ministry and had recalled the remaining product from his distributors.
One4b contains butanediol which can produce a euphoric effect if taken in large doses. It works by stimulating the pituitary gland to release a growth hormone. Mr Barlow said the drug was safe if used properly and could be extremely beneficial.
Hamilton police Senior Sergeant John Kelly said he was not aware of any sales of the drug in the city or any problems from its use.
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400 One4b sachets sold in Capital before recall
30 JANUARY 2001
By ANTONY PALTRIDGE, HEALTH REPORTER
Up to 400 sachets of the new party drug One4b were sold in Wellington until the Ministry of Health ordered the Auckland supplier to recall them.
Four people have needed hospital treatment in Auckland after taking the drug, prompting the Ministry to order a recall and begin an investigation into possible breaches of the Food Act and Medicines Act.
One4b contains 1,4 butanediol, which is also found in GHB or Fantasy, and can cause dangerously low breathing rates, unconsciousness, vomiting, seizure and death.
The effects are magnified if taken with alcohol or other drugs.
Mark Barlow, of Auckland supplier Outerspace, said today about 8000 sachets of One4b had been produced of which about 1000 had been sent to three or four distributors in Wellington, of which about 300-400 had been sold.
Mr Barlow declined to name his Wellington distributors.
One4b, marketed as a recreational dietary supplement, was not sold through stores.
Mr Barlow said One4b was sold through an 0800 number listed on its Internet site.
Orders could not be placed over the Internet site due to technical difficulties.
Mr Barlow said he was co-operating with the Ministry's investigation and about 1000 sachets had been returned so far.
But he still believed One4b was safe so long as the directions were followed and it was not taken with other drugs.
Information that suggested it was unsafe had come from the United States' Federal Drug Administration which was using "pharmacetical industry propaganda," he said.
"The only deaths attributed to GHB were when someone consumed enough of something else to kill them or when they wrapped a car around a powerpole."
A spokesperson for Capital and Coast Health said today no cases of One4b had been reported at Wellington Hospital.
Wellington Medical Officer of Health, Stephen Palmer, said today he had received no reports of anyone being poisoned by the drug.
People who want to safely dispose of the substance can hand it in to health protection officers with Hutt Valley Health's regional public health service.
Director-General of Health, Karen Poutasi, said yesterday the Ministry of Health and the police were investigating Outerspace for possible breaches of the Food Act and the Medicines Act.
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Also I read sumwhere on STUFF that the owner said you can return the stuff You've purchased and get yr $$$ back.