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heum tlio-Agnculturai Servmeo Ina Y 808-328-9760 X1/31197 U 2:30 F'Pd ~ 1/11 i My Testimony on County of Hawaii country Bill 28 to Ban GHB by Robert H. Faust Ph.D. The banning of GHB by Hawaii County is unconstitutional. GHB is a beneficial nutrient and not a drug, and it is used medicinally by hundreds of people on this tsland. It is legal to possess and a M.U. can write a prescrtpttonftor it and it can be legally obtained. Passing this bill will turn hundreds of people into "criminals", even those with a prescription and legitimate medical use. GHB is widely used and prescribed by Doctors in Japan, Europe and most of the rest of the world. Wtth this law tourists from other countries bringing GHB into Hmvaii would be criminals here. How can this right be taken away when it is a legal nutrient and beneficial health aid in the rest of the world, including the U.S.? The Proposed Bill #Z8's stated justification for the ban is simply not true. As stated, and I quote, "GHB has been determined to have deleterious effects on human health, including depression of the respiratory system." This is completely untrue and easy to refute. It has never been deleterious to human health, quite to the contrary it is a beneficial nutrient that has helped millions all over the world. It is a prescription medicine used to treat depression, cure alcoholism and many other diseases. The claim to respiratory depression has no basis in fact and is opposite to the published scientific literature which says "GHB may protect the brain and heart during conditions which depress vital functions or decrease oxygen availability". The other lie is that GHB decreases oxygen to the brain causing unconsciousness. This is also totally untrue, as GHB flas shown to do Lust the opposite and works by by tnhibtting the release of dopamine from nerve endings which creates a higher level of dopamine in the brain cells.Dopamine a normally occurring neurotransmitter and the body's natural on ti depressant. This is why GHB is not a drug, because it's effects come from a natural release of dopamine. There are not direct effects from GNB, the effect is from the bodies own dopamine. Nor has there ever been a death caused by GHB in the 30 years it has been to use worldwide. To say that tt has killed people or can kill is another lie. It is totally non-toxic even a 100X dose. Alcohol and opiates do kill, and any cases of death or poison have come from the combination of GHB and alcohol or heroin, so why not ban alcohol because this is what causes death and date rape in teens. GHB in pure form is incapable of causing death or injury so flow can death be nttributed to GHB when only the alcohol or opiates are capable of causing death. The scientific data cited at the end of this report are clear evidence to the lack of truth in this bill as stated above. The County Council should at least base a new ordinance on truth and get the rue ~a rtyn~ oe tore procccu viy. nits iuw to yotny w ~u he urvuy peopie'a rtyins and violate the state constitution concerning rights of privacy and the U.S. Constitution in terms of rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, as it is not noiv illegal under U.S. law. By making this illegal is only protecting the alcohol, pharmaceutical arld illegal drug industry. Making it illegal will put profits into the Illegal drug dealers hands and an unknown product strength and contaminated bathtub products could cause problems. At leost get the facts right before our rights are taken away and we are made into criminals because we want to increase our health and longevity by taking something that is PROVEN harmless and beneficial and is in use by millions in civilized countries across the r^iorid. I can supply scientific data that easily refutes the lies in this proposed ordinance. This law is a sham and reflects an Inquisition mentaltty, a by-