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This index (T) has been obtained for 47 drugs commonly encountered in fatalities in England and Wales and it is shown that T is often closely related to the corresponding fatal toxicity in animals, and to physico-chemical factors which are known to be correlated with other measures of human drug toxicity.

It is concluded, from a cost-benefit analysis based on pharmacologic, toxicologic, sociologic, and historical facts, that radical steps to repeal the prohibitions on presently illicit drugs would be likely to make matters worse rather than better.

GHB has been increasingly used in rape cases due to its capacity to produce intoxication and amnesia, and the management of patients dependent on GHB is rather complicated due to the high doses of medication that they require to control withdrawal symptoms.