Teens Getting Better After Near-Fatal Dose

RIDGEFIELD - Two local high school students have awakened from comas after reportedly taking a dangerous street drug, GHB, after final exams Monday.

Gamma hydroxybutyrate is the suspected cause of more than a dozen hospitalizations in the state this week as youth eager for summer break try to celebrate with the intoxicating but potentially lethal drug, health officials said yesterday.

"Kids are partying with it, they look fine and then they are on the floor," said Dr. Mary McCormick, administrative director at the Connecticut Poison Control Center.

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