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Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Department of Neuropsychology, William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
CONCLUSION
Though GBL and GHB are normally used at clubs
and raves,4 our case report shows that because of its
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