Some Internet suppliers sell GHB-related substances under benign names like Renewtrient, Blue Nitro or SomatoPro. Those substances contain GBL, a legal substance that converts into GHB in the body. Since January, there have been efforts nationwide to curb GHB abuse. Michigan and about 20 other states have made it a controlled substance and the U.S. House of Representatives is considering legislation that would put GHB in the same category as cocaine and heroine on the federal level. Still, Metro Detroit emergency rooms are reporting a greater frequency of GHB overdoses.
Some people use the drug recreationally to increase the effects of alcohol.