rinse
n.— «Fantasy is a class B drug also known as Rinse, GBH or GHB, after its chemical name gammahydroxybutyric acid.» —“New leads in nightclub drug overdose case” Dominion Post (New Zealand) June 8, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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