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UK: The three 'legal high' drugs that will be banned
The Guardian Tuesday 25 Aug 2009 GBL Gamma-Butyrolactone is a chemical solvent which turns into the banned drug GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) in the stomach. It is also known as "liquid ecstasy" and has been used to drug people in some date rape cases. When combined with alcohol, GBL – already banned in the US, Canada and Sweden – can be lethal. It is available for as little as 50p a dose in Britain because of its industrial use as a paint stripper. The government's reforms will put it in class C, the same category as GHB. Spice A synthetic cannabinoid, which has been sold as a "herbal legal high" for around £20 for three grams in shops and on the internet. The herbal content is covered in chemicals which mimic the effects of cannabis. Spice was banned in Germany, Austria and France earlier this year, and will receive the same categorisation as cannabis, class B. BZP Benzylpiperazine is designed to be used both as a fertiliser and to worm animals, but has similar effects to amphetamine. It is marketed as legal ecstasy and sold for as little as £1 a tablet. After the changes it will be classified as class C. It is already banned in the US, Australia and Japan. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/aug/25/legal-high-drugs-to-be-banned
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