In America, the toy was sold as "Aqua Dotz" but there's no information yet as to whether they shared the same chemical composition and they too have been recalled.
Chinese-made Bindeez, which won the 2007 Australian Toy of the Year award at the Melbourne Toy and Hobby fair, contains hundreds of beads which can induce seizures, drowsiness or a coma if eaten.]]> The beads should contain a non-toxic glue but instead contain the chemical which the body metabolises into gamma-hydroxy butyrate (GHB), also known as fantasy or Grievous Bodily Harm.Bindeez toy recalled over drug fears [News.au](Thanks, Darryl!)]]>All Bindeez products would be removed from sale, Minister for Fair Trading Linda Burney said today, and households with the toy were urged to get rid of it.
"This Bindeez product is Australian Toy of the Year, it is extraordinarily popular," Ms Burney said.
Ms Burney said an investigation into the toy, which is manufactured in Hong Kong, also would look at whether the substitution was deliberate.
by way of comparison:
xanax active dose ~1 mg, practically tasteless, lowers inhibitions
GHB active dose ~1g, horrible taste which is impossible to mask, user often ends up puking
I don't know exactly what motivated the media to start calling in a date rape drug, but it's not. You've been lied to, and I don't exactly know why, but I suspect there's something else above the general reefer madness.
]]>/btw, it's your site and you can delete whatever posts you want, but it's considered polite to tell the person. I'll assume it was a technical error.
]]>Instead, I'm going to just ask you folks to avoid ingesting glue.
Is that really too much to ask?
]]>@bustit22: A friend of a friend made this stuff by the gallons when GHB was banned. Sort of fun, except for the vomiting...
]]>another thing to add to the "things to watch for list" when your out at the bar
]]>I'm waiting for the sister pen that comes stuffed with E.
And "seizures, drowsiness and coma". More like falling asleep. Okay a DEEP sleep. For about an hour. Err, so I've heard. Reefer Madness indeed.
]]>I'm guessing the chemical in question is 1,4-butanediol, which the body metabolizes to GHB. There are a number of products that contain 1,4-butanediol as it's a common solvent for inks and paints. This isn't really that big a deal.
]]>(For those not in the know, GHB is popular in the rave scene)
]]>I saw a commercial for this thing and thought it looked like great fun for kids. The lead thing does not scare me at all but these small colored candy looking beads look to good to resist to eat if I was a kid.
As far as the comment Ms. Burney stated, does she think this was a conspiracy to infect kids with this stuff? Where did she come up with that?
]]>Holy hell. I thought that looked cool for my little daughter. Damn glad she said she didn't want one.
]]>It was about as deliberate as the lead popping up in Chinese-made American items (ha, there's an oxymoron for you!)
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