A 24-year-old employee of The Nectarine, located at 510 E. Liberty Street, was taken to the University of Michigan Hospital Saturday morning due to an apparent overdose of the increasingly popular drug gamma hydroxy butrate, also known as GHB.
The man was admitted for treatment shortly before 4 a.m. and Ann Arbor Police officers were called to take a report, said Ann Arbor Police Department Sgt. Myron Blackwell.
"His friends said 'he was tripping out,'" Blackwell said.
The drug, which is more commonly known as GHB, was reported by the Ann Arbor News to be involved in a second overdose earlier in the morning, involving a 23-year-old Idaho man who was found unconscious outside the Nectarine around 1 a.m. The man was transported to the University Hospital Emergency Room.
No arrests were made in either case, police said.
Traces of GHB, which is produced naturally by the human body in small quantities, was found in the body of University student Courtney Cantor last year, who died after falling from her sixth-floor Mary Markley Residence Hall window.
The drug is said to produce relaxation and euphoria and is often consumed with alcohol in social situations. The illicit drug has also been used in date-rape situations, as it increases sex drive and slows social inhibition.
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