**** **** in nail varnish remover
By CAROLINE GRANT and RHODRI PHILLIPS
Published: 01 Jun 2011
CLUBBERS are getting high by using nail varnish remover that contains the ****** rave **** GBL.
Among the chemicals in Quickies nail polish remover pads is gamma-butyrolactone, classified as a class C **** in 2009 after a series of deaths.
Clubbers have been squeezing the liquid from the pads into their drinks to get an instant hit.
A source said: "The effects of these Quickies are well known on the clubbing scene.
"They can make you feel a little bit frisky, a little bit happy." Makers Jeyes have now removed GBL from Quickies - but stocks of the old formula pads are still being sold in some shops.
Clubbers have been grumbling on internet forums about the new GBL-free Quickies, which cost around £1 for a pack of 20. One said: "Just bought some more Quickies today and they have now taken the GBL out of them. Arghhh!"
A man of 24 suffered kidney failure when he went into a **** after extracting the GBL from Quickies. A doctor at Royal Edinburgh Hospital reported the man became "acutely psychotic" a few hours after ******** the Quickies liquid.
Jeyes said yesterday: "After extensive research we have developed an alternative formulation that removes the potential for solvent *****.
