DRUGS – The services of the Oise gendarmerie alert on the increase in the use of GHB to abuse people in bars
Concerns in the night world. The police station de l’Oise has just launched an alert about the rise of a worrying phenomenon: the increase in the number of cases of drugged people unbeknownst to them at GHB in the night establishments of the department. An observation far from being limited to this territory.
The emergence of GHB is not new, but its use for malicious purposes seems to be gaining ground in recent times. This substance is originally a drug used in the treatment of narcolepsy for its “sedative and amnesic properties,” describes the drug info service website. Diverted from its medical use, GHB is nicknamed “rapist’s drug” for the absences it causes in victims.
“When you wake up, you don’t remember anything, it’s the black hole”
“We are facing a phenomenon that continues to intensify in nightclubs, bars and other parties. Indeed, more and more people are being drugged without their knowledge ”, alert the Oise gendarmerie. Once the substance has been ingested, “the aggressors wait for the effects to take effect in order to benefit their victim. When you wake up, you don’t remember anything, it’s the black hole, ”they add (…) Read more on 20minutes
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