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GHB
Closer
to
Schedule
I
Status
10/15/99
The U.S. government has moved
a step closer to placing a drug popular with club goers on its list of
most-hated substances along with marijuana, heroin, crack cocaine and LSD.
The Hillory J. Farias Date Rape Prevention Act, a bill that would make
GHB, or gamma y-hydroxybutrate, a Schedule I drug passed the House of Representatives
this week by a vote of 423-1. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas was the lone
dissenter.
GHB is the latest in a wave
of recently demonized drugs nicknamed "date rape" drugs by politicians
and the media, after reports of young women who were attacked after men
put the drug into their drinks. The bill itself is named after a
woman who died after visiting a nightclub in 1996. An autopsy found
traces of GHB in her system.
Although GHB has become a
familiar presence at nightclubs and raves in recent years, the drug has
also shown promise as a treatment for narcolepsy. Federal classification
of GHB as a Schedule I substance would likely hinder future research, because
Schedule I drugs are deemed to have no medicinal value and cannot be prescribed
by doctors under federal law.
For DRCNet's previous
coverage of this story, see The Week Online #102 at http://www.drcnet.org/wol/102.html#ghbact.
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Issue #112, 10/15/99
California Attorney General Urges Reno Not to Call for Rehearing of Medical Marijuana Case | GHB Closer to Schedule I Status | DPF Alert: Senator Session's Version of Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill Worse than Nothing; Public Action Needed | House Holds Hearing on Youth-Targeted Anti-Drug Ads | California Governor Misses the Point, Signs Watered Down Syringe Exchange Bill | Addicted AIDS Patient Kicked to Death by Vigilantes Following Community Anti-Drug Meeting | Harm Reduction in the Australian Capitol Territory: A Brief Conversation with Michael Moore | Jamaican Parliament Approves Commission to Look at Decriminalization of Marijuana | Hemp Embargo Continues | Public Comment Still Needed on Proposed Methadone Changes in US | Cato Conference Proceedings Online | Job Opportunity | Editorial: Just Another Front Page Drug Bust
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