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Faum Bio-Agiculturel Ssrvicea Inc 4 BOB-32B-9760 I$~1131/97 G 2:24 PM ? 10/14 claims about its health benefits, is a violation of current FDA regulations and policy. In some European countries, GHB is an approved drug available by prescription. Local doctors, pharmacists and government bureaucrats should be able to provide country-by-country specifics. GHB is growing in popularity and seems to be widely available in the underground "gray market." Since most of the GHB available through such channels is of the "bootleg" variety, manufactured by non-professional "kitchen" chemists, concerns about quality and purity should be kept in mind. Caveat emptor (buyer beware)! Safety Issues As has been emphasized, the overall safety of GHB is well-established, and no deaths attribu*_able to GHB have been reported over the thirty year period that this compound has been in use [Vickers, 1969; Chin and Kreutzer, 199Z]. In fact, as of 1990, only forty-six adverse reactions had been reported in the United States surely constituting only an infinitesimal fraction of actual usage, all followed by rapid and complete recovery [Chin and Kreutzer, 1992]. Unlike a large proportion of other drugs including alcohol and even Tylenol, GHB has no toxic effects on the liver, kidney or other organs [Vickers, 1 969; Chin and Kreutzer, 1 992]. One program of sleep therapy using six to eight grams daily for a period of eight to ten days produced no side effects. Vickers [1 969] even reports that doses as high as twenty to thirty grams per twenty-four hour period have been used for several days without negative consequences (don't do this at home kids!). In the Canadian studies of narcolepsy mentioned earlier, the nightly use of two to six teaspoons (one teaspoon equaling roughly 2.5 grams) for several years resulted in no reports of long-term adverse effects, or problems with issues