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8 May 2009
What an impossible position a Sovereign Harbour company has been placed in by the tragic death of 21-year-old medical student Hester Stewart.
Airfox Networks markets GBL, a legal substance used as a paint stripper and rust remover but which, when misused as a drug on the club scene, is formidably known as "coma in a bottle".
It leaves itself open to criticism by recognising the drug's misuse and providing free measuring pipettes for those using it as a potentially dangerous recreational drug.
Irresponsible, or quite the opposite?
The substance is clearly labelled "not for human consumption" but that doesn't stop thrill-seeking people from experimenting.
Some would say it is feeble of the company to defend its position by saying it cares enough to offer abusers a safe way whenthey are dicing with death. But surely any anger should be directed at the Home Office, which promised to ban the drug eight months ago but didn't?
What is feeble is the Home Office's assertion that the misuse of GBL is low and it will consult before any ban or before GBL is classified as a drug.
It can consult the public and chemical industry as much as it likes but the outcome is surely inevitable and the dithering must stop.
Please let Hester's death be the last.
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