Ketamine

Name It

Special K, vitamin K, K

Know it

• Ketamine is an anaesthetic with painkilling and psychedelic properties.
• A very similar drug is used by vets when operating on animals.
• Ketamine comes as tablets, or as powder snorted up the nose.
• Ketamine is a prescription-only medicine. While possession isn’t illegal without a prescription, supply is against the law under the Medicines Act.

The Effects

• Ketamine makes users feel that the mind has been separated from the body. This creates “out of body” and hallucinatory experience fro up to 3 hours.
• Like LSD, the effects are influenced by the users mood and environment.
• During this time, a user may be physically unable to move.

 The Risks 

• As Ketamine numbs the body, users risk serious injury without feeling pain.
• The effects can be very alarming if the user isn’t expecting them.
• Excessive doses carry some risk of breathing problems and heart failure.
• Ketamine is VERY DANGEROUS when mixed with alcohol and other drugs.
• The long term effects of recreational use of Ketamine are still not really known