Currently, sodium oxybate is used as a narcolepsy-cataplexy treatment, though in the past it has been used controversially in nutritional supplements.

It is also controversially used to mean the culture of traditionally Muslim people.

The term was controversially used ("wide-grinning picaninnies") by the British Conservative politician Enoch Powell in his "Rivers of Blood" speech on 20 April 1968.

Enron had been the only bidder for this deal after White had controversially used his government and military contacts to secure key concessions.

In June 2007, a pair of Luftwaffe Tornado were controversially used to fly reconnaissance flights over an anti-globalisation demonstration during the 33rd G8 summit in Heiligendamm.

The dictation test was again used controversially in 1936 to exclude Mabel Freer, a white British woman born in India.

It is most controversially used to incorporate privately authored voluntary consensus standards into health and safety regulations without infringing the standards developers' copyright.

He has controversially used his own blood in some of his paintings which he refers to as "blood works".

Thai troops have been controversially used to attempt to quell the 2010 Thai political protests, resulting in numerous civilian deaths.

It is also controversially used in Queensland, Australia on macadamia plantations.