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G’D UP 24/7:
GHB ADDICTION FOR MEDICAL, CORRECTIONS
& Law Enforcement Professionals
Published by LAW TECH PUBLISHING
The book “G’d Up 24/7: The GHB Addiction Guide” is dedicated to the more than 2,000 GHB addicts who have come forward seeking help from this devastating drug of addiction. Some made it and some did not. It was a long time coming, but I’m very proud that we finally were able to get it written and published.
Treatment centers and ERs are still, for the most part, unaware of its severe and prolonged withdrawal syndrome. Most drug detoxes are thought of as 3-5 days, but this syndrome is 10-14 days and potentially life endangering. We have put together the best possible information from doctors on how to treat it.
Several publications have given us permission to use articles already done. There are chapters to help family and friends comprehend what these folks are going through and how they can help. There is a chapter specifically for the person addicted to GHB. Plus, we have even included poetry and comments “in their own words” to describe how they fell into this mess and their efforts to get out.
We hope that it will make a difference and truly save lives of the many more GHB addicts that are out there. It’s a tough battle but it can be won.
Foreword by Josh Mankiewicz, Dateline NBC
Introduction & Dedication by Trinka Porrata
Part I: Background & General GHB Information
Chapter 1: Invisible: The Story Behind GHB
By Trinka Porrata
Chapter 2: GHB and its Analogs: Legislation, Background, Names and Product Lists
By Trinka Porrata
Chapter 3: GHB Basics For Practitioners: A Quick Reference Guide
By Deborah L. Zvosec Ph.D. and Stephen W. Smith, M.D., Minnesota
Part II: GHB Addiction in the News
Chapter 4: GHB: Natural Born Killer Stalks Sports
New York Daily News by Luke Cyphers
Chapter 5: In The Grip of GHB
Los Angeles Times by Linda Marsa
Chapter 6: Expert Helps Man Get Free of Intoxicating, Growth-Enhancing,
Internet-info Drug
Huntsville Times by Wendy Reeves
Chapter 7: Users of The Highly Addictive Drug GHB Can Suffer From Life-Threatening
Withdrawal Symptoms That Can Last As Long As Two Weeks
Dallas Star-Telegram by Tanya Eiserer
Chapter 8: R.I.P.ped: Even Former Mr. America Mike Scarcella Wasn’t Strong Enough
to Beat the Horrors of GHB Addiction
Dallas Observer by Mark Donald
Chapter 9: Cops & Firemen on G & at Risk
By Trinka Porrata
Part III: GHB Treatment
Chapter 10: GHB Addiction and Withdrawal: A Quick Reference Guide
for Practitioners
By Deborah L. Zvosec Ph.D. and Stephen W. Smith, M.D., Minnesota
Chapter 11: Withdrawal—Central Nervous System Depressants, Including GHB
MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY, 3rd Ed., with permission of Lippincott Williams & Williams, by Ilene B. Anderson and Jo Ellen Dyer
Chapter 12: GHB Withdrawal and Inpatient Detoxification
by Dr Karen Miotto, Noosha Niv, & Brett Roth, M.D.
Chapter 13: Pentobarbital for Severe Gamma-Butyrolactone Withdrawal
Annals of Emergency Medicine, by Marco LA. Sivilotti, Michael J. Burns, Cynthia K. Aaron, MD & Michael J. Greenberg
Chapter 14: Outpatient Treatment for Gamma-Hydroxy-Butyrate Dependence
by Janice Stalcup, Brian Wylie & S. Alex Stalcup
Chapter 15: Treatment Center & ER Alert: Key Issues
By Trinka Porrata
Chapter 16: Correction Connection: GHB Withdrawal While In-Custody
By Trinka Porrata
FOR FAMILIES
Chapter 17: A Primer For Families
By Trinka Porrata
Chapter 18: Honeymoon Hell
By Trinka Porrata
Chapter 19: Hey Moms & Dads
By Christopher
FOR ADDICTS
Chapter 20: A Primer For Addicts
By Trinka Porrata
ABOUT SOME OF THOSE LOST TO G
Chapter 21: Overview of the deaths……and suicides
By Trinka Porrata
Chapter 22: Ben Croman
By Trinka Porrata
Chapter 23: Scarcella.doc
By Trinka Porrata
Chapter 24: Christopher Scott Floyd
Chapter 25: GHB ADDICTION & DEATH SPARE NO ECONOMIC CLASS
By Trinka Porrata
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Chapter 26: Poetic G
Chapter 27: Andrew Pope
By Linda Marsa
Chapter 28: Justin Rys
By Linda Marsa
Chapter 29: Tears
By Mick Hart
Chapter 30: To Whom It May Concern
Chapter 31: From A Survivor
Chapter 32: Messages From The G Side of Life