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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Ban the party drug GBL. More details
Submitted by Lisa Corke – Deadline to sign up by: 05 July 2009 – Signatures: 1,103
The colourless, odourless drug, used on the party scene, is legal, freely available on the internet and not classified by the Home Office.
It mixes with the body's stomach acid to create date rape drug GHB.
The drug is sold cheaply in large quantities on the internet, with one 2ml dose costing as little as 50p.
The drug, known as liquid ecstasy, converts inside the body to banned date-rape drug GHB giving users an intense high.
Dr Sean Cummings, who runs a private GP clinic in Harley Street London which specialises in drugs patients and has come across many cases of GBL poisonings, revealed that around six people a year have died from it since it emerged in the past few years.
It has taken the life of Hester Stewart, 21, an outstanding medical student who dreamed of becoming a surgeon, was found dead by police after a party. According to a friend, she taken a liquid drug called GBL.
If it isn't banned soon it will take the life of many others.
BAN IT NOW!
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