Date Rape Drug Ring Busted—Reported by School Kids

Parker County investigators in Weatherford, Texas arrested 14 people who they say sold more than $100,000 worth of drugs in just a few months. The investigation by the Weatherford Parker County Special Crimes Unit targeted the suspects in March after school resource officers received reports from students that a Weatherford resident was selling large quantities of drugs.

Officials seized four pounds of methamphetamine, more than 14,000 grams of gamma-hydroxybutyrate—better known as GHB, or the date rape drug—four guns and $14,000 in cash in the multi-county operation. The drugs were sold all over the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to a spokesman for the Parker County Sheriff's Office.

According to drugs.com, gamma-hydroxybutyrate is commonly referred to as a “club drug” or “date rape” drug. GHB is abused by teens and young adults at bars, parties, clubs and “raves” (all-night dance parties), and it is often placed in alcoholic beverages. Euphoria, increased sex drive, and tranquility are reported positive effects of GHB abuse. Negative effects may include sweating, loss of consciousness (reported by 69% of users), nausea, hallucinations, amnesia, and coma, among other adverse effects.

GHB can have an addictive potential if used repeatedly. Withdrawal effects may include insomnia, anxiety, tremors, and sweating. Withdrawal can be severe and incapacitating. GHB detection methods for emergency room use are not readily available. Emergency room physicians may be unaware that GHB has been abused when a patient presents to the hospital, as well. Due to the short half-life of the drug, detection in the urine may be difficult. Supportive care and keeping airways open are the primary measures used in the emergency overdose situation. GHB, typically with alcohol use, was linked to more than 60 deaths from January 1992 to May 2001.

Withdrawal effects are reported as severe and patients may attempt to self-detoxify using benzodiazepines or alcohol. Using these additional substances may worsen withdrawal, and lead to respiratory depression, coma and death.

Those addicted to GHB should seek treatment and you’re likely to find no better treatment center than Narconon Arrowhead. For nearly half a century. Arrowhead has been Narconon’s leading drug rehabilitation center, and has proven time and again that if a person can identify and overcome the initial problems that lead to their addiction, they can ultimately regain their self-respect and self-control. There is no mistaking it—drug abuse is a planet-wide epidemic. If you or someone you know is caught in the grip of addiction, you are no doubt living in your own personal nightmare.

At Narconon, we do not believe an addict is an addict for life. We do not believe addiction is an incurable disease. We believe in getting better. We believe a person trapped in the dwindling spiral of substance abuse can take their life back and live drug free. How we do it, is the Narconon difference. For more information about Narconon, just call (877) 508-8151 and speak with an intake coordinator.

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