Ketamine

Name: Ketamine

Other Names: Cat valium, horse, horse tranquilizer, hosstrank, hoss, K, kenny, ket, ketso, kez, kezzle, kowbell, special K and vitamin K.

What it Looks Like: A human and veterinary medicine, it can be found as a white powder or a clear liquid.

How Used: Inhaled (in a manner similar to cocaine), intra-muscular injected, swallowed in beverages and smoked in a pipe or cigarette, mixed with cannabis or tobacco.

Effect: Short term psychedelic hallucinations, detachment from ones body and stimulant.

Possible noticeable symptoms of use, abuse or withdrawal:

• Amnesia
• Confusion
• Depression
• Euphoria
• Hallucinations
• Insensitivity to pain
• Lethargy
• Loss of time sense
• Mental impairment
• Nervousness
• Panic
• Paranoia
• Physical impairment
• Possession of hypodermic needles
• Possession of wood, metal or glass pipes or tubes
• Rage
• Slurred speech
• Unconsciousness
• Vomiting

This page is an overview description of this drug. It is not comprehensive or meticulously researched. This page is intended to provide an introductory overview for those who have no familiarity with the drug.

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