According to an article in today's Guardian British women should be very careful when they're going clubbing, since two new date rape drugs are making the rounds in the UK. The problem seems to have become so severe that experts of the Home Office's advisory council advise clubbers not to leave their drinks unattended and not to go alone to clubs.

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The Home Office's advisory council on the misuse of drugs calls for the restriction of two substances which it says are being imported into Britain in increasing amounts from America, where they are illegal.

Known as GBL and 1,4-B, they are sold legally in this country as industrial solvents and cleaners, but when ingested have a similar effect to the known date rape drug GHB, banned here in 2003. The advisory council says low doses are associated with increased libido, euphoria, suggestibility, passivity, and amnesia - rendering victims vulnerable to non-consensual sexual activity.

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