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Comment by gavinray | Hacker News Reader

Came here to say this, GHB is what the commenter is asking for.

My partner is legally prescribed it for narcolepsy (Xyrem), and takes 4.5mL twice a night.

I can think of few stranger things that I have experienced in my life than being around a group of G hounds. It's like the Twilight Zone, and no, G is not safe and the effects are quite different than alcohol. It would never be widely popular to do a drug that so easily creates lapses in short-term memory... I think it is well-known why that is.

You can make the same argument about alcohol.

Plenty of homeless drunkards in the streets, alcoholism is rampant.

  > G is not safe

Sure. Side effects of alcohol overdose include death by alcohol poisoning.

Side effects of GHB overdose include death by central nervous system depression + consequent respiratory arrest.

Side effects of Tylenol overdose include an excruciatingly painful, multi-day death from multiple organ failure.

See the pattern?

Both drinking and GHB are capable of causing memory loss.

  > The effects are quite different than alcohol

This is subjective. To me, it feels exactly like "More euphoric alcohol, without the stupidity/reduced cognitive facilities drinking brings, and not toxic-feeling on my body."

YMMV.

It takes a whole lot of alcohol to get the equivalent of that G zombie look. And the latter can easily kill you. GHB is not a panacea. It can turn people into animals.

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