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20 percent of all drug related emergency incidents include users of the age 25 or younger.

Some teens are beginning to go to clubs and use fake ID's to get into said clubs, and may experiment with ketamine, as seen as it is a club drug.

Most teens get their wisdom teeth extracted at this time, and may be injected with Ketamine to lose consciousness during the procedure.

Some teens may also get sports related injuries, and may have to take ketamine, and could possibly become addicted.

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Hallucinations

Some go to "k-land"( when users see wall and floors change colors and hallucinate

Inability to register pain

Distorts time, space, sight and sound perception.

Many people who attend clubs r raves, may use Ketamine to experience hallucinations, and see color changes.

some people with injuries, or people who are stressed out, may use it to relax.

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Legal uses:

Ketamine is used as anesthetic in surgeries to make the patient lose consciousness for the procedure.

Illegal uses:

The supplies of the drug have been closely monitored, so that makes it difficult to obtain.

It is not Illegal, but it is difficult to synthesize and traffic.

Traffickers are able to keep supplies, but the high surveillance, sometimes makes it expensive and difficult to buy.

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side effects:

Hallucinations

Inability to control Body movement

If the user takes to many "bumps" or "lines", the drug will knock the user out cold.

Inability to register pain

Inability to recalls memories

Feeling detachment from the body

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It was first discovered in 1961, when Dr. Calvin Stevens of Wayne state university isolated the compound.

it was first used clinically in 1970 as an anesthetic

the US military used it as a battlefield anesthetic throughout the vietnam war, which lasted from 1954 trough 1975.

ketamine resurfaced as club drug in the 1980s and 1990s, when the rave scene emerged.

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ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic, hallucinogen, and a schedule III drug.
It can be snorted, smoked or dissolved in water.  Some users mix it with stimulants, such as cocaine. It is also taken clinically as an anesthetic, it usually comes in liquid form, which is packaged in small vials.

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Original: Cl581

Slang:

Special K

Ket

Lady K

Vitamin K

Kit-Kat

Blind Squid

Jet

Super Acid

Honey Oil

Cat Valium

official:

Ketamine hydrochloride (scientific name)

Ketaject,

ketalar,

and ketaset.