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 Ketamine
("K," "Special K," "cat Valium") is a dissociative Anesthetic developed
in 1963 to replace PCP and currently used in human anesthesia and
veterinary medicine. Much of the ketamine sold on the street has been
diverted from veterinarians' offices. Although it is manufactured as an
injectable liquid, in illicit use ketamine is generally evaporated to
form a powder that is snorted or compressed into pills.
Ketamine's
chemical structure and mechanism of action are similar to those of PCP,
and its effects are similar, but ketamine is much less potent than PCP
with effects of much shorter duration. Users report sensations ranging
from a pleasant feeling of floating to being separated from their
bodies. Some ketamine experiences involve a terrifying feeling of
almost complete sensory detachment that is likened to a near-death
experience. These experiences, similar to a "bad trip" on LSD, are
called the "K-hole."
Ketamine is odorless and tasteless,
so it can be added to beverages without being detected, and it induces
amnesia. Because of these properties, the Drug is sometimes given to
unsuspecting victims and used in the commission of sexual assaults
referred to as "drug rape."
Source: The National Institute on Drug abuse (NIDA)
Image Source: Drug Enforcement Agency
| Definitions of Terms Used |
| Anesthetic | An agent that causes insensitivity to pain and is used for surgeries and other medical procedures.
| | Drug | Any substance, other than food, that changes the function or structure of the body or mind when ingested. Drugs essentially are poisons. The degree they are taken determines the effect. A small amount acts as a stimulant. A greater amount acts as a sedative. A larger amount acts as a poison and can kill one dead. This is true of any drug. Each has a different amount at which it gives those results.
| | Drug abuse | The use of illegal drugs or the inappropriate use of legal drugs. The repeated use of drugs to produce pleasure, to alleviate stress, or to alter or avoid reality - or all three.
| | LSD | An hallucinogenic drug that acts on the serotonin receptor.
| | PCP | Phencyclidine (PCP): Originally developed as an anesthetic, PCP may act as an hallucinogen, stimulant, or sedative.
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