We will remove posts which promote the use of these products for human intoxication, and where a Page contains a number of such posts, we may remove the Page altogether. Its main profile picture includes a photograph of small glass bottles alongside the first name and mobile number of its apparent owner. GBL converts into the equally toxic drug GHB when consumed and has been used by rapists, murderers, and serial killers, such as Stephen Port, to knock their victims unconscious.
It is also commonly used on the chemsex scene as it heightens sexual arousal and disinhibits users by suppressing the central nervous system. The chemical is legitimately used in solvents and as a cleaner for alloy wheels and other metal goods, and as such remains legal to be bought or sold for such purposes. In , it was outlawed for human consumption and given a class C categorisation, alongside steroids and certain sedatives, with a maximum two-year prison sentence for possession.
But unlike other controlled drugs, which are automatically illegal to buy or sell, it is only a criminal offence if the seller knows or suspects the buyer intends to use it as a drug.
And the legislation does not require companies selling the substance to demand proof from customers that it is for industrial use, not personal consumption. None of the companies selling GBL through Facebook will be breaking the law unless they know or suspect the buyer intends to use the products as a drug and ingest it. Alongside GBL, it sells small ml bottles. Dozens of other websites also sell GBL but without advertising on Facebook.
Some also offer cash on delivery or bitcoin — the cryptocurrency in which the identity of users is concealed — as payment options. If convicted, they face a minimum of 20 years, and up to life, in federal prison. Companies purportedly based in Europe, China and India market the compound on English-language websites. As of last week, two third-party sellers offered consumer-sized quantities of BDO on Amazon Amazon removed these products after NBC News reached out to the company for comment.
In the interest of public health, NBC News has chosen not to name the companies or share their websites and social media accounts. Both sellers are legally registered in different Midwestern states as limited liability companies. The name of one suggests it is a chemical wholesaler; however, it only distributes 1,4-butanediol.
The other began as an all-natural soap company in but switched to selling BDO via its website and Amazon last year.
Prior to early August, buyers could also purchase BDO through the website of one of the sellers using cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin. One seller included a legal disclaimer on its Amazon product page stating that its BDO was not for human consumption. Only one agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity. This buyer confirmed purchasing 1,4-butanediol on Amazon in order to ingest it and said the seller did not ask for justification when placing the order.
Shortly after NBC News began contacting these alleged buyers, the third-party seller removed images of BDO bottles and packaging labels from its Instagram account. The company also removed its offering of BDO from its website and instead provided links directing customers to its product pages on the Amazon and Walmart marketplaces.
BDO is neither. We require our third-party sellers to comply with all applicable laws and our prohibited products policy. We removed the product 1,4-butanediol from Marketplace and have taken steps to prevent sellers from listing similar items going forward. NBC News tried to contact both companies that formerly sold 1,4-butanediol on the Amazon and Walmart marketplaces. Neither responded. One of the sellers, however, appears to have moved to another major online marketplace after being removed from Amazon and Walmart.
As the online market for GHB and its analogues has grown in recent years, researchers have seen an uptick in the drugs' recreational use. From to , Palamar and Katherine Keyes, an epidemiologist at Columbia University, surveyed adults at electronic dance music parties in New York City to track relative changes in drug use.
In that three-year span, they found that the rate of GHB use increased from one in to roughly one in 25, a relative increase of percent. But for certain demographic groups, the use of GHB is far more widespread. In another survey taken from to , Palamar and a group of researchers at NYU and Rutgers University found that both gays and lesbians at electronic dance parties were at higher odds for GHB use than straight patrons.
According to the study, gay men were nearly 12 times more likely than heterosexual men to self-report GHB use within the past year. Lesbians were nearly seven times more likely than straight women. While gays and lesbians reported comparable or higher rates of use across most surveyed drug types, the difference in GHB use between gay and straight attendees was by far the greatest. It was in nightlife that Jon, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect his privacy, discovered GHB.
As a newcomer to New York City in , Jon, like many young gay men, found a community in nightclubs where he began taking GHB with friends. At first, the drug was only a cheap weekend indulgence. The dosage is very precise thus watch out for the amount you take. In case of doubt, take a small dose and wait at least an hour for the effects before you take another one overdose risk. Mixes with alcohol or psychoactive medicine highly amplifies the risks.
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