Chemsex drug GHB to be upgraded to class B after ‘truly sickening crimes’

GHB will be upgraded from a class C to a class B drug after a spate of “truly sickening crimes”, the Home Office has said. Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, commonly known as GHB, is prescribed as a medication to treat narcolepsy, but is increasingly being used recreationally and as a “date rape drug”. The...