GHB is thought to act like GABA, perhaps even at the same receptors. The exact mechanisms that lead to GHB toxicity have not been discovered. A. People use the drug for a variety of reasons including inducing an euphoric state, bodybuilding, depression, and as an agent to intensify the effects of other recreational drugs. A. Many people believe that anything natural is automatically safe. There are many chemicals that occur in nature that are highly poisonous.
Some plants make substances that can kill an animal that ingests the plant.
Likewise, even chemicals that occur naturally in the body can, if given in the right dose, cause great harm. Adrenaline, a natural chemical found in the body, can cause death if given in a dose above that normally found in the body. Q. Everyone knows that all drugs have a long list of side effects. In the small town of Gainesville, Florida, five people have required breathing tubes and the intensive care unit. Similar things are happening at emergency rooms all over the country.