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‘Date Rape’ Drug Safer Than Table Salt, Beneficial in Many Conditions
July 1999 GHB Report
The following is the text of a press release that was sent out to media outlets in November, 1998, following Dr. Dean’s testimony at a hearing in Georgia. Dr. Dean testified with regard to GHB’s safety and natural occurrence in the human body.
On 10 November, Ward Dean, M.D., testified as an expert witness in a criminal case hearing in Carrollton, Georgia, before Judge Aubrey Duffey. The defendant, Clint Phillips, is charged with "possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute." In this case, the substance in question is the controversial substance, GHB (gamma hydroxy butyric acid). GHB has been characterized by the media as a new designer steroid, and more commonly, the "date rape drug." Mr. Phillips is challenging the Constitutionality of Georgia’s new law which makes possession of any amount of GHB a felony.
Dr. Dean, a West Point graduate and former flight surgeon for the Delta Force, is currently Director of Research and Development for Vitamin Research Products in Carson City, Nevada. Dean was called as an expert witness specifically regarding whether GHB occurs naturally in humans. Dean provided extensive documentation confirming that GHB is present in the tissues of every human being. Dean pointed out that this law ironically made every inhabitant of Georgia an un-indicted felon.
In addition, much to the consternation of the prosecutor, Thomas Jones, Dean produced a plethora of scientific data, much of which came from the FDA’s own secret files -- regarding the safety, numerous beneficial effects, and apparently deliberate campaign of disinformation that has been promulgated by the FDA and DEA, in collusion with the police agencies of many cities (especially Los Angeles). Dr. Dean claimed that, far from being a "dangerous designer steroid," GHB is actually one of the safest, most beneficial, non-addictive, non-habit-forming sleep inducing substances known to man. He provided evidence of its many beneficial clinical uses, including sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue, and even obesity many chronic pain syndromes.
The prosecution produced no expert witnesses nor other evidence to challenge Dean’s statements. With an apparent total disregard of logic and legal wisdom, Judge Duffey made his decision immediately upon conclusion of arguments by both sides. To the stunned, jaw-dropping, obvious surprise of most spectators, the judge read what appeared to be a pre-prepared decision. Judge Duffey dismissed Phillips’ motion on the legal technicality that because Phillips was also being charged with "intent to distribute," it didn’t matter that the law making mere possession of any amount of the substance unconstitutional on its face. He claimed that Phillips lacked standing to challenge this part of the law. In so ruling, the judge also holds that ordinary citizens lack standing until actually jailed for an offense.
Phillips’ attorney, David S. West of Atlanta, plans to appeal on the grounds that Mr. Phillips does indeed have standing, and in fact all citizens have standing to challenge any unconstitutionally vague criminal law. West also has another case pending, in which the defendant is charged with only possession, so he believes that the government will have no recourse but to rule against the constitutionality of the Georgia law.
Dr. Dean praised West as "the first defense counsel in the many GHB cases I’ve been involved in to recognize early on that we were not involved in a drug case — we were dealing with fundamental constitutional issues involving food supplements, health freedom, and abuse of power by out-of-control federal agencies. Mr West is an intelligent, gutsy, no-holds-barred attorney who prepares thoroughly and defends from a direction most lawyers rarely use today — the Constitution and Bill of Rights." Dean believes this case could have nationwide ramifications due to the recent criminalization of GHB in 18 states. (For more background on this remarkable substance, see VRP Nutritional News, April, 1997, Vol 11, Number 4, and Volume 12, Number 4, and Dr. Dean’s book, GHB the Natural Mood Enhancer.
Dean suggests that concerned citizens send polite letters and make polite phone calls to the judge, informing him of their personal experiences with GHB and its cousin, RenewTrient. Judge Duffey’s address is: Judge Aubrey Duffey, Carroll County Courthouse, P.O. Box 1620, Rm 207, Carrollton, Georgia; Phone (770) 830-5871.
GHB Articles by Dr. Ward Dean
