Death List

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[Report a death or serious event]

By Trinka Porrata

NOTE:

We initiated the death report form because over the years no official government agency made any effort to track GHB-related deaths.  The Drug Enforcement Administration reviewed and evaluated 71 cases that they determined to be GHB related.  DEA stopped reviewing cases (at least temporarily) once the federal scheduling of GHB took effect (March 2000).  No other agency has tracked these deaths.  The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) had no place to include these deaths in the past.   

Therefore, this list here includes those picked up from newspaper accounts, coroners, law enforcement and as reported by family and friends who complete the report forms.  We have done this so that basic information is not lost completely.  At least one doctor is currently researching these types of cases.  Hopefully as many as we can track down will be evaluated.  Unfortunately, references to deaths are sometimes vague and hard to track further.  This list documents everything we have been told.  Some of them may never be found because of the vague information given.  Therefore we ask that anyone completing the death report forms please provide as much information as possible.  Families who have copies of the autopsy reports and wish that their loved ones deaths be included in the research documentation being done are encouraged to contact me at Equus555@worldnet.att.net to make arrangements for the research doctor to obtain a copy of the report.

For those curious about the two deaths listed as 1948, they are included for documentation since they were recorded relating to the GHB analog 1,4 butanediol.  Though GHB wasn’t synthesized until a little later, some of the chemicals related to GHB were identified and/or studied prior to that.  BD was used in a research study.

This list includes a few traffic deaths related to GHB, but only of those under the influence.  It does not include those killed by people driving under the influence of GHB.  It includes a couple of the GHB-related suicides, but not all of them.

Again, this list is maintained in an effort to preserve information as it comes in with the hope that further research and documentation may be done as feasible.

GHB Death List - updated March 2002
On DEA List? Month & Year Day City County State Country M/F Age

 

August 2000

22

?

?

?

 

f

23

 

? in 1999

?

Ski Town (?)

 

? Colorado

US

m

 

 

? 1999

?

Birmingham

 

Alabama

US

m

18

 

June 1999

27

 

 

Alabama

US

m

 

 

June 2000

27

Center Point

 

Alabama

US

m

16

 

July 2000

?

 

 

Alabama

US

m

17

 

November 2000

28

Hampton Cove

 

Alabama

US

f

22

 

December 2000

9?

Huntsville

Madison

Alabama

US

m

31

 

January 2002

 

Montgomery

 

Alabama

US

m

 

 

August 2000

20

Scottsdale

 

Arizona

US

m

30

 

July 2001

7

Phoenix

 

Arizona

US

m

23

 

July 2000

16

Beebe

White

Arkansas

US

m

27

Yes

December 1990

?

 

 

California

US

m

77

Yes

March 1995

?

Huntington Beach

Orange

California

US

m

34

Yes

January 1996

4

Walnut Creek

Contra Costa

California

US

m

25

Yes

January 1996

14

Landers

San Bernardino

California

US

m

15

Yes

September 1996

?

Fullerton

Orange

California

US

m

18

Yes

April 1997

14

Chico

 

California

US

m

21

Yes

April 1998

30

San Diego

San Diego

California

US

m

27

Yes

August 1998

1

Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

California

US

m

20

 

December 1998

6

Northridge

LA

California

US

f

36

 

December 1998

9

Citrus Heights

Sacramento

California

US

f

32

Yes

December 1998

9

Carmichael

 

California

US

f

32

Yes

April 1999

4

San Francisco

San Francisco

California

US

f

22

Yes

April 1999

24

Ventura County

Ventura Cty

California

US

m

20

 

May 1999

16

Rancho Penasquitos

San Diego

California

US

f

19

 

June 1999

?

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

California

US

f

36

 

July 1999

4

 

San Joaquin

California

US

m

23

 

September 1999

26

San Jose

 

California

US

f

22

 

October 1999

29

?Yucca Valley

 

California

US

f

31

 

January 2000

1

 

 

California

US

f

19

 

January 2000

24

San Diego

San Diego

California

US

m

25

 

February 2000

10

San Francisco

 

California

US

m

 

 

September 2000

1

 

 

California

US

m

 

 

September 2000

15-20

Los Angeles

 

California

US

m

34

 

December 2000

27

 

 

California

US

m

17

 

January 2001

4

Los Angeles

LA

California

US

m

 

 

January 2001

21

Eureka

Humboldt

California

US

m

25

 

March 2001

25

San Francisco

San Francisco

California

US

f

 

 

July 2001

2

Laguna Beach

 

California

US

m

33

 

July 2001

6?

San Diego

 

California

US

f

41

 

September 2001

8

Chico

 

California

US

f

22

 

August 1999

12

Hayward

 

California

US

m

13

Yes

July 1998

9

Vale

 

Colorado

US

f

21

Yes

April 1999

4

New London

 

Connecticut

US

m

20

 

August 2000

21

Washington

 

DC

US

m

30

 

? 2002

 

Valrico

 

Florida

US

m

20

Yes

May 1996

?

Tamarac

 

Florida

US

f

26

Yes

December 1996

?

Ft. Lauderdale

 

Florida

US

m

30

Yes

January 1997

?

Miami

 

Florida

US

m

25

Yes

February 1997

?

Panama City

 

Florida

US

m

26

Yes

November 1997

?

Coral Springs

 

Florida

US

f

41

Yes

November 1997

?

Plantation

 

Florida

US

m

24

Yes

January 1998

?

Panama City

 

Florida

US

m

33

Yes

January 1998

?

Panama City

 

Florida

US

m

25

Yes

January 1998

?

Panama City

 

Florida

US

f

24

Yes

February 1998

?

Rockledge

 

Florida

US

f

29

Yes

May 1998

?

Naples

 

Florida

US

f

45

 

October 1998

2

Fort Pierce

 

Florida

US

m

15

 

December 1998

1

Coral Springs

 

Florida

US

m

 

 

May 1999

2

Oldsmar

Pinellas

Florida

US

m

37

Yes

June 1999

27

Jacksonville

 

Florida

US

m

21

 

July 1999

31

?

 

Florida

US

m

20's

 

August 1999

20

Hudson

 

Florida

US

f

24

 

October 1999

24

Ormond Beach

Volusia

Florida

US

m

42

 

November 1999

?

Orlando

 

Florida

US

m

?

 

January 2000

1

Vero Beach

 

Florida

US

m

28

 

January 2000

3

Miami

 

Florida

US

m

22

 

March 2000

24

Tampa

Hillbourough

Florida

US

m

22

 

March 2000

9

Ft. Lauderdale

Broward

Florida

US

m

32

 

May 2000

24

Tampa

Hillsborough

Florida

US

m

21

 

May 2000

24

Stuart

Martin

Florida

US

m

 

 

June 2000

11

Sarasota

 

Florida

US

f

18

 

July 2000

21

Miami

Dade

Florida

US

m

37

 

July 2000

31

Fort Myers

Lee

Florida

US

m

27

 

October 2000

1

Orlando

 

Florida

US

m

 

 

October 2000

15

Lakeland

Polk

Florida

US

m

 

 

October 2000

31

St. Petersburg

 

Florida

US

m

31

 

March 2001

17

Tampa

 

Florida

US

m

23

 

May 2001

 

Largo

 

Florida

US

m

24

 

November 2001

19

Lake Worth

 

Florida

US

m

31

 

January 2002

13

Fort Walton Beach

Okaloosa

Florida

US

f

21

 

? 1999

 

Atlanta

 

Georgia

US

f

 

 

April 1995

23

Gibson

 

Georgia

US

m

15

Yes

July 1996

?

Bowden

 

Georgia

US

f

22

Yes

February 1997

?

Atlanta

 

Georgia

US

m

32

 

June 1999

27

Douglas

 

Georgia

US

m

?

 

September 1999

2

Bufford

 

Georgia

US

m

34

 

June 2000

9

Valdosta

Lowndes

Georgia

US

m

20

 

May 2001

19

Atlanta

Fulton

Georgia

US

m

29

Yes

June 1997

?

Chicago

Cook

Illinois

US

f

26

 

June 1997

?

Schaumberg/ Chicago

 

Illinois

US

m

23

 

May 1999

24

East Peoria

Peoria

Illinois

US

m

23

 

June 1999

9

Marquette Heights

Tazewell

Illinois

US

m

20

 

January 2000

30

Naperville

 

Illinois

US

m

15

 

March 2000

1

Chicago

Lake County

Illinois

US

f

40

 

April 2000

8

Aurora

Dupage

Illinois

US

m

16

 

December 2000

28

Wheaton

 

Illinois

US

m

16

 

February 2001

5

N. Riverside

Cook

Illinois

US

m

23

 

?

?

 

 

Indiana

US

F

 

 

? 1998

?

 

Allen

Indiana

US

m

47

 

March 1999

?

 

Noblesse

Indiana

US

m

28

 

October 1999

13

Martinsville

 

Indiana

US

f

18

 

January 2000

17

Portland

Jay

Indiana

US

m

20

 

June 2000

9

Muncie

Delaware

Indiana

US

m

23

 

June 2000

26

Muncie

Delaware

Indiana

US

m

23

 

April 2000

7

Cedar Rapids

 

Iowa

US

f

 

 

March 2000

26

Louisville

Jefferson

Kentucky

US

m

20

 

June 2000

1

Lexington

 

Kentucky

US

m

27

 

August 2000

2

Fayette

 

Kentucky

US

M

25

 

?

?

Berwick

 

Louisiana

US

 

 

 

August 1997

?

LSU

 

Louisiana

US

m

 

 

December 1998

30

Baker

 

Louisiana

US

f

19

 

April 2000

8

Monroe

 

Louisiana

US

f

 

 

April 2000

22

Baton Rouge

East BR Parish

Louisiana

US

m

21

Yes

August 1996

?

Ocean City

 

Maryland

US

m

33

 

September 2001

5

 

Prince George

Maryland

US

m

20

 

October 1999

29

Arlington

 

Massachusetts

US

m

31

 

October 1999

29

Plymouth

Plymouth

Massachusetts

US

f

30

 

December 2001

19

Natick

Middlesex

Massachusetts

US

m

21

 

December, 1999

?

Lake City

Wexford

Michigan

US

f

16

 

August 1997

16

Grand Haven

 

Michigan

US

m

 

Yes

February 1998

?

Riverview

 

Michigan

US

m

22

 

October 1998

?

 

 

Michigan

US

f

 

Yes

January 1999

17

Grosse Ile

 

Michigan

US

f

15

 

March 1999

20

Shelby Township

 

Michigan

US

f

21

 

April 1999

17

New Baltimore

 

Michigan

US

f

24

 

October 1999

?

Charlevois

 

Michigan

US

m

43

 

September 2001

15

 Marshall (Starr?)

 

Michigan

US

m

 

 

May 1998

23

Minneapolis

Hennepin Cty

Minnesota

US

m

25

 

April 1999

18

Inver Grove Heights

Dakota Cty

Minnesota

US

m

32

 

July 2000

26

Cottage Grove

 

Minnesota

US

F

16

Yes

April 1998

?

Payton

 

Mississippi

US

f

45

 

Jan or Feb 2000

?

 

 

Missouri

US

f

young

 

? 2000

?

St. Louis

Marion

Missouri

US

m

 

Yes

August 1998

13

Kansas City

 

Missouri

US

f

28

 

April 1999

17

St. Louis

 

Missouri

US

f

18

 

August 1999

3

Eden Prairie

?

Missouri

US

m

36

 

September 1999

6

Kansas City

 

Missouri

US

f

38

 

March 2000

?

St. Louis

 

Missouri

US

f

51

Yes

March 1996

?

Charlotte

 

N. Carolina

US

m

39

 

October 1999

23

Greenville

 

N. Carolina

US

f

 

 

January 2000

8

Rocky Mount

Edgecombe

N. Carolina

US

m

26

 

February 2000

9

High Point

 

N. Carolina

US

m

19

 

May 2000

7

Wilmington

New Hanover

N. Carolina

US

f

25

 

May 2000

17

Charlotte

 

N. Carolina

US

m

21

 

August 2000

8

Charlotte

Mecklenburg

N. Carolina

US

m

24

 

February 2001

 

Cary

 

N. Carolina

US

f

37

 

June 2001

17

Kill Devil Hills

 

N. Carolina

US

m

18

Yes

October 1995

1

Omaha

 

Nebraska

US

f

20

Yes

March 1999

6

Las Vegas

Clark

Nevada

US

m

29

 

February 2000

1

Las Vegas

Clark

Nevada

US

m

 

 

March 2000

6

Las Vegas

Clark

Nevada

US

m

 

Yes

June 1999

?

Laconia

 

New Hampshire

US

m

29

 

June 1999

1

Toms River

 

New Jersey

US

m

27

 

June 1999

26

Atlantic Highlands

Ocean or Monmouth

New Jersey

US

f

42

 

October 1999

3

Maple Shade

Burlington

New Jersey

US

f

24

 

July 2000

3

?

 

New Jersey

US

m

29

 

May 1998

1

Syracuse

Onondaga

New York

US

f

26

Yes

August 1998

?

Fire Island

 

New York

US

m

35

 

April 1999

26

New York

 

New York

US

m

25

 

October 1999

?

New York City

 

New York

US

m

34

 

March 2000

4

Syracuse

Onondaga

New York

US

f

20

 

June 2000

11

New York

 

New York

US

f

 

 

July 2000

22

Chelsea

 

New York

US

m

21

Yes

March 1997

?

Medina

 

Ohio

US

m

31

 

November 1999

20

Toledo

Lucas

Ohio

US

m

30

 

January 2000

1

Akron

 

Ohio

US

f

 

 

April 2000

20

Columbus

Franklin

Ohio

US

m

22

 

January 2001

15

Athens

Athens

Ohio

US

m

19

 

June 2001

24

Columbus

Franklin

Ohio

US

m

45

 

September 1999

1

Pittsburgh

Allegheny

Pennsylvania

US

m

26

 

December 1999

4

Philadelphia

 

Pennsylvania

US

m

30

 

?

?

?

 

Rhode Island

US

 

 

 

December 1999

28/9

Summerville

 

S. Carolina

US

m

?

 

May 2000

14

 

 

S. Carolina

US

M

 

 

July 2000

25

 

 

S. Carolina

US

f

18

 

September 2000

?

Greenville

 

S. Carolina

US

m

19

Yes

June 1999

?

Antioch

 

Tennessee

US

f

23

 

June 1999

18

 

 

Tennessee

US

f

23

 

April 2000

2

Chattanooga

Hamilton

Tennessee

US

m

22

Yes

January 1996

?

Dallas

 

Texas

US

m

52

Yes

January 1996

?

Killeen

 

Texas

US

m

24

Yes

January 1996

?

Plano

 

Texas

US

f

29

Yes

April 1996

?

Dallas

 

Texas

US

m

23

Yes

August 1996

?

La Porte

 

Texas

US

f

17

 

July 1997

16

Lewisville

Highland Village

Texas

US

m

??

Yes

April 1999

9

Austin

Travis

Texas

US

m

32

 

June 1999

?

Houston

 

Texas

US

f

22

 

June 1999

1

Shamrock

 

Texas

US

m

46

 

September 1999

29

Carrollton

Collin

Texas

US

m

35

 

January 2000

2

Dallas

Collin

Texas

US

f

33

 

February 2000

16

Dallas

 

Texas

US

f

24

 

February 2000

26

Lubbock

 

Texas

US

m

20

 

February 2000

29

Houston

 

Texas

US

f

30

 

April 2000

22

Dallas

Collin

Texas

US

f

30

 

September 2000

4

Dallas

Dallas

Texas

US

m

28

 

January 1999

?

Plano

 

Texas

US

F

29

 

January 1948

?

?

 

?

 

 

 

 

January 1948

?

?

 

?

 

 

 

 

July 2000

18/19

?

 

?

US

m

 

 

?

?

Salt Lake City

 

Utah

US

f

 

 

January 2000

27

Salt Lake City

 

Utah

US

m

46

 

July 2000

?

Salt Lake City

 

Utah

US

m

21

 

March 2001

2

Bountiful

 

Utah

US

m

21

Yes

October 1995

1

Roanoke

 

Virginia

US

f

29

 

April 2001

6

Richmond

 

Virginia

US

m

 

 

September 1999

17

Everett

 

Washington

US

m

33

 

June 2001

16

Marinette

Marinette

Wisconsin

US

f

25

 

?

?

 

 

 

England

 

 

 

?

?

 

 

 

France

 

 

 

?

?

 

 

 

France

 

 

 

?

?

 

 

 

France

 

 

 

?

?

 

 

 

Norway

 

 

 

?

?

 

 

 

Sweden

 

 

Yes

May 1993

?

 

 

 

Italy

m

42

Yes

August 1995

1

Stourbridge

W.Midlands-Merseyside

 

England

f

21

Yes

October 1997

?

Manchester

 

 

England

f

25

 

January 1999

?

Prenton

Birkenhead--Merseyside

 

England

m

27

 

May 1999

19

Oslo

?

 

Norway

f

15

 

October 1999

1

Melbourne

 

 

Australia

m

33

 

October 1999

12

Stockholm

 

 

Sweden

m

18

 

May 2000

 

Wellington

 

 

NZ

m

25

 

April 2001

28

Auckland

 

 

NZ

m

22

 

July 2001

24

Auckland

 

 

NZ

m

20

 

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