The number of people admitted into hospital because of GHB poisoning has quadrupled in the period 2004-2009. In total, 1200 persons who had swallowed were admitted into the ERs of hospitals.
Almost sixty percent of the treatments took place in the weekend. It mainly concerns males (69 percent). Some 50 percent of the victims were between 20 and 29 years old, and fourteen percent between 15 and 19.
Many of the patients not only used GHB, but also alcohol (34%) or other drugs like XTC (10%), cocaine (7%) or speed (1%).
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