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TO 918085940156 P.08 JUL-16-1996 15.18 FROM i~SIN JERRY such as "Snapple" It also is poured into bottlod water. About fifteen minua~s efts taking GHB, the user will have orte of the following three reactions: No affect at all: a warm. smooth. sweet. NIDMA-L7to rush: or extreaw nausea followed by vomiting, seiwres and acomsnos! state that earl test as long as six hours. GHB is not dose specific. Ice other words, the amount needed to nuke parson A [eel affects, may do nothing for person 8. Ice rho case i am fatniiiaz with, the comatose state hated for six hours. and thm the patient simply "woke up" and walked out ' of the emtrgeetcy room with no IU effxts 1 have seen 15 to 20 people under the influence of GHB. Unfortunately, dtu to polydrug ttsa I cannot say what the symproms of GH8 intlttence alone, are. Of the pteopic I have evaluated. they have either btxa under the influence of eannabia or MDMA, in wnjunetion with GHB. In aU subjoets however. Ute following was present: ittuttediue tmtet of htxiw:ttat gave ttysiagmtu;strabismus; diliied pupils with ao visible rtxetioa to light; ltteraased pulse: iPtteaaed blood ptossute; extxtssive sweating; ntusde flaccidity; and moderate to wctreme ataxia. Subm/tf¢d BY OHB Is ditfietdt to find fn urine or blood. I had a DUI ease by GrxgoryA l~pa6ick where I suspected the defendant was under the inflttettoe of Stater Aolitt, San FYandsm GHS. when 1 asked the Sur Frstteiaco Corona's Office to run a test for GHB. I fotttul that they had never heard of this substance HB or Galilee Iiydroxy Butyric P;cid (also imown as before The namotica tab had never hard of GH8 either. 4-hydroxy butyric acid. sodium salt form). is making Fortunately dte ddef taedieal examiner. Dr. Boyd Stephrns {ts way into the raves and dance clubs of California. was open-mlrtded. (the respect took what?) and believed me Q GHB is a natttratly occurring substancx in the brain. It think.) i coutaetcd Kathleen Andrews, a forensic chemist with was experimented with for years as a possible DEA's Wcstem Plaid Lab. Kathleen had analyzod some GHS in anesthedc. but with poor tssuits. - Liquid form I had previously swt in. so I knew she was familiar It was sold ova the counter at health food stows and through the drag, the mail. It reportedly eohaneed the etTtxts of steroids by raising 1 obtained the testing instructions, and a lab statttiard from the levels of htmtart growth hormoac in the blood stream. This 1~~~, ~ gam them to 7oxiovlogist firtinda Biscatra. Linda prove! to be false. Weight lifters also tree it as a nighttime fat tests all of trry urine and 61ood samples. and always has boon bums. You may rtmtctnber such brand aamcs as Somatomax ablo to detctx aver the unctmtmon substances. and Gamma-OH. L'wdaread up on the testing procedure. and could trot find any GHB has been banned by the FDA for human consumption. documented ease of anyone testing urine for GHB. Linda This was done after people across the cwntry started to report modffled ~ testing prooedute used for blood. and with help adverse affects after taking GHB• from Kathleen (and many, many. many hours of time and effort GHB normally is found in, a white powder. it is easily trade ~ both pttu) was to ~ GHB from ~ urine illicitly, with c}temirals that art reluivdyeaay to obtain. and not saatpla Linda gttatttitat~ ~ GH8 u 1975 ug/ml of urine (a aontrotted. very high levd). It is not illegal ro possess GHB. as it not Gated in any of the ~B is getting mate aced mots populaz. sad I believe we will floc drug schedules. It is a misdemturtor to furnish GHB under roe a>~ inctpse in ib use. Aside from the rave crowd. body ration a2278P. There is no punitive section for being under the bnilden at< ~ l3Fi$ in the bay area. influence. but it is a misdemeanor to drive under the influence of One of aufhOaties ~ GH8 is Dr. Jo 611en Dyer GH$ (23152(a)VG7. OfTicus are likely to encounter GHB in small plastic botiles. from San Franciaov Gatetal {iospital. Dr. Dye has done These bottles arc about three inches tali. ate white transluceat. exttasive testarch on GHB. and has put together a papa that is and have a whitC cap. They wnuin water with GHB ntixed in. very infornutive I treed her paper for some of the iofotmatioa in This mixtuts is odorless and colorless. GHB when taken in this this ankle. fora will give a ssiry. bitter aftcttaste. when in the powder form, If your lab needs assistance is testing for GHB ;the two most it may give ofY a slight odor similar to moiltbalis. kuowledgcable people I am aware of are,lbxiwlogist 6tGnda A common way to consume GHB is to take one to two Siscatta (SP~Coroaet's Office. 415-553-9010), and FortatiC capfuls from the boric. This is equal to approximately one to Qtemist Kaddoat Andrews (DfiA Westaa Field Lab SF. 415- two teaspoons. Sometimes users will mix GHB with fruit drinks 744-7051).