The GBL, a fashionable trend that has devastating effects

The latest psychotropic fashionable trend in recreational places, the Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) is not a prohibited substance, used as a solvent in industry, but its misuse can have devastating effects, has recently warned the specialists.

"It is cheaper than alcohol, it is easily available, you can find it on every corner, and you will have no problem with police, said the anonymous young man. But you get all the disinhibition, euphoria and stimulation of sexual desire that this "liquid ecstasy" can give".

For beginners, it can be fatal, especially if they consume alcohol, benzodiazepines, opiates or sedatives at the same time.

The body automatically converts Gamma-Butyrolactone to GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), an anesthetic that has a dual action - euphoric sedative and amnesic, which earned him the nickname "drug of the rapist" because its effects facilitate sexual assaults.

But if GHB is classified as a narcotic, GBL, is sold freely. For an individual or a dealer, the average price of a dose of 1 gram bought wholesale on the Internet varies between 0.09 and 2 euros.

Consumed since the 1990s in recreational facilities in London, Paris, Barcelona, New York or Sydney, the Gamma-Butyrolactone was then moved to techno parties and nightclubs and has recently reached an ill-informed young audience.

Most users don't think about the fact that the relatively safe use may result in coma, say specialists.

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