If those "AQUA DOTS" have the illegal drug "GHB" in them, why doesn't the almighty federal government criminally charge EVERY store clerk, manager, distributor, warehouse manager, corporate types, manufactorer types, etc for possession and distrubution?
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jimmyray
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Two reasons. First, the toys don't contain GHB. Rather, they are made from a GBL derivative that turns into GHB once metabolized. Second, even if there was GHB in the toys, there is no mens rea in the parties you cited. GBL (or gamma butyrolactone) is only illegal when used for an illicit purpose. GBL is commonly used as a degreasing agent and can be legally purchased in America.
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I agree 100%! If people would take their stand with the way the government runs things, our country would be such a wonderful place to live! (no, I do not want any comments on 'go try living in another country) If you stay up world news then you know exactly what I am talking about.
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None of those people KNOWINGLY possessed a drug. They had no reason to suspect that GHB was in the dots. Also, as someone else mentioned the dots have to be ingested and chemically altered in the stomach to turn into GHB. If would be like someone mixing cocaine into your sidewalk chalk and not telling you. The police wouldn't arrest you unless they had reason to suspect you were aware they contained cocaine. Even if they did arrest you it would only be an attempt to go after the person who initially mixed in the substance.
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The chemical that aqua dots contain is 1,4 butanediol. It is sometimes used in the making of plasics. Somebody discovered that when the chemical is consumed, the liver converts it in to GHB. 1,4 butanediol is not illegal, but the supplier of the chemical would probably ask you why you want it, and proof that your using it to make plasic.
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