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How can gaba in alcohol or benzos be different than ones you buy?
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See below: There is no GABA in alcohol or benzos but rather these substances stimulate the GABA a receptor in the brain. I don't know what GABA you ate getting over the counter but out does not very into the brain in any real way.
Answered 2/18/2015
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