'Date-rape chemicals' may be banned / Independent, 7 August 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/daterape-chemicals-may-be-banned-887966.html

"Ministers are planning to ban two chemicals which can be used as date rape drugs, it was announced today. The substances are legally available but when absorbed by the body they rapidly convert to the drug GHB, which was banned five years ago after being implicated in sexual assaults. Scientific advisors have warned that the drugs may be contributing to the "significant problem" of drug-aided rape. The Home Office said it now intends to control the two chemicals, known as Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4 butanediol (1,4-BD) as Class C drugs after a consultation period."