The bottle was about 1/2 full actually. And yes it was left on the kitchen bench while the chap - a large "don't fuck with me" fellow - danced a few metres away . I confirmed it was G after later grabbing it off him and tasting it. He admitted he dosed highly and carried a bottle of the stuff everywhere but couldn't recall leaving it on the bench. When the causalty woke up, all he remembered was going to the bench and taking a gulp of what he thought was water from a new (fresh) looking water bottle. We knew it was the same bottle as we'd both noted the unusal label.
As I've said before, if I ever come across any unattended bottle I even suspect contains GHB, GBL etc, I'll tip it down the sink without hesitation. I'm not one to normally throw a person's drugs out, but I'm certainly one for H&S. Facing any such consequences is something I'm quite familiar with....
While I agree that in the context of the situation I described, such accidents are thankfully rare, the question that should be focused on surrounds the reasons why so many users are admitted to hospital? Without doubt it would have to be due to inadvertently ingesting
too much G without realising it would do harm.
Stats of hospital admissions indicate that this is certainly the case. From someone who has been actively involved in HR (at the coalface) since the late 90's I can say with total certainty that
most drug related hospital admissions our RaveSafe group has dealt with are G related. The pile of intervention reports sitting next to me more than confirms this.
Yes, but can you not see the difference between drugs with a steep dose response and those drugs or drug forms with a large margin for dose variation?
If this seems like a strange concept, then you might like to look at this excellent Toxicology Tutorial. If you do feel you understand the concept, try just doing the questions - it's good revision anyway.
Toxicology Tutor 1 "Dose and Dose Response" is right after the introduction so it's not too much to get through.
I'm not saying that G can't be taken safely. As we know, dosages within a safe margin are relatively harmless. It's simply the small margin for error and the often seen dicksizing attitudes of users that makes for such a potentially dangerous combo.