Stilgherrian » ghb http://stilgherrian.com All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Sat, 26 May 2012 05:57:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Stilgherrian no Stilgherrian stil@stilgherrian.com stil@stilgherrian.com (Stilgherrian) 2006-2007 A master feed of all Stilgherrian's audio and video podcasts. Stilgherrian » ghb http://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/sla_144w.jpg http://stilgherrian.com Toy of the Year’s “Magic Beads” are… magic beads! http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/toy_of_the_year/ http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/toy_of_the_year/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:35:07 +0000 Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/toy_of_the_year/ The Hong Kong-manufactured craft toy Bindeez, named as Australia’s Toy of the Year, is being withdrawn because its “magic beads” turn into the drug GHB (“fantasy”) when you ingest them.

Sydney-based poisons specialist Dr Naren Gunja said the list of Bindeez’s ingredients supplied by the manufacturer said it should contain the non-toxic chemical known as 1,5-pentanediol.

“What we’ve found in the beads from testing done … by our hospital scientists is that it contains 1,4-butanediol,” Dr Gunja said, adding that this chemical was metabolised by the body into GHB.

“Magic beads” indeed. Get ‘em while they last.

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