Posted by revaaron on July 10, 2007, at 20:56:16
In reply to Xyrem (GHB) for depression and anxiety, posted by rovers95 on July 5, 2007, at 23:08:49
I've gotten a few Babblemails asking this, so I thought I'd say it here to save us all some trouble:
What I said was true, but happened about 10 years ago. Back then, it was cheap and easy to buy a GHB kit. You got a bottle of NaOH, one of GBL and some instructions. A 10 year old could do the synth. Super cheap too- $20 for 100g, maybe 40-60 recreational doses. Funny how you didn't hear about people start dying on the stuff until long after it was driven underground into the illicit labs, eh? I guess US drug policy and DEA is good at something, after all. :/
In case the law is reading this: I bought two kits, which was completely legal at the time. I've *never* engaged in any sort of illicit drug production, traficking or sales.
Synthesizing GHB is illegal. GBL, a GHB prodrug and its precursor, is more or less impossible to get. GBL isn't scheduled itself, but the all sales of GBL are required to be reported to the DEA, which has a ton of lattitude to decide who is using it for illegal purpoes.
http://users.lycaeum.org/~ghbfaq/GBLegal.html
For those with an acedemic interest, this is the synth I used (NaOH + GBL):
http://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/ghb.html#NAI really do think it's a damn shame that phenibut builds tolerance so quicky. IMHO, it's a more effective anti-anxiety med than GHB or benzos; in high doses it can intoxicate, but it's a TON easier to use than GHB for a single dose a day, non-intoxicated, anti-anxiety med. GHB is fun, but if I had anxiety problems I'd take a magically tolerance-free phenibut any day.
poster:revaaron
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070710/msgs/768866.html