Dance drug to be banned.A DANCE drug that caused the death of a medical student will be banned by the end of the year, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said. Hester Stewart, 21, died after taking GBL GBL Gamma-Butyrolactone GBL government bill of lading (US DoD) GBL Ground-Based Laser GBL Game Boy Light GBL General Bearing Line GBL Generation Breakdown List GBL Ground-Based Laboratory GBL Green Bus Lines, Inc. , which is used by clubbers as a substitute for banned drug GHB GHB abbr. gamma-hydroxybutyrate GHB 1 Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, γ-hydroxy-butyrate See GABA 2 Glycosylated hemoglobin, see there GHb Glycosylated hemoglobin, see there , known as "liquid ecstasy Noun 1. liquid ecstasy - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate easy lay, Georgia home boy, grievous bodily harm, max, goop, soap, scoop gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB - a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with ". GBL - gamma-butyrolactone - will be placed in Class C, meaning users could be punished with a two-year jail term and dealers up to 14 years. But Ms Stewart's mother Maryon said it should be placed in Class A alongside heroin and ecstasy. And she criticised delays in bringing in the ban, warning it could mean more deaths. She said: "I think GBL is every bit as dangerous as heroin and ecstasy, if not more so." |
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