Braden Dorry: Sydenham man claimed GBL was hair medicine Regaine

A man who was found with 33ml of GBL and a syringe at a 7-Eleven told police officers it was actually Regaine, to “measure” and regrow his head of hair.

A man who was found with 33ml of recreational drug gamma butyrolactone (GBL) and a syringe at a 7-Eleven told police it was actually Regaine for his hair as he was going bald.

Braden Dorry, 42, of Sydenham, was found intoxicated wandering around the convenience store with a stuffed animal and syringe hooked under his arm last November.

When police found a bottle of a clear liquid in his rucksack, he told them it was minoxidil – a treatment for male pattern baldness and sold under brand name Regaine.

Laboratory analysis of the bottle showed it actually contained 33ml of GBL.

Due to the large quantity of GBL, Dorry was charged with drug supply and possession and fronted Newtown Local Court on Tuesday. He has pleaded guilty to both charges.

Braden Dorry pictured leaving Newtown Local Court on August 9. Picture: NewsLocal

Police facts tendered to court set the scene of a curious sight.

On November 20, members of the public reported a “clearly intoxicated man” – Dorry – walking around the Hurlstone Park 7-Eleven.

Generic photo of Regaine, a male pattern baldness treatment. Picture: Supplied

When police officers attended, they found the bottle of GBL.

“It’s (the syringe) is a measuring device for my hair, and (the bottle) is hair Regaine – I’m going bald,” Dorry told police officers at the scene, the police facts state.

A glass pipe was also found inside the rucksack.

Dorry’s matter was adjourned for six weeks by Magistrate Lisa Stapleton for a sentencing assessment report, although she noted he would “at the very least be doing community service due to the extensive amount (of the drug)”.