It had been several years since professor Joseph Palamar had seen that unmistakable “caveman face,” the telltale sign of an imminent overdose of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or GHB. Standing among ...

ON THE STREET THEY CALL IT Grievous Bodily Harm. That ominous nickname may be lousy shorthand for gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), but it's a tragically accurate description of the nation's hot new party ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook As the number of students who fall victim to the date-rape drug gamma hydroxybutyrate rises ...

GHB seems to "constantly keep reinventing itself" and attract new groups of users, said Dr. Alex Stalcup, an addiction specialist in Concord, Calif., who first noticed in the late 1980s that habitual ...

GHB, one of the "date-rape drugs," is being increasingly abused after two decades of low usage. Here's a lesson on the chemistry, biochemistry, and nomenclature of the drug. Admittedly, this sounds ...