Ketamine, commonly known as "Special K" is a pharmaceutical drug, intended for veterinary and sometimes human use as a tranquilizer.
Physical tolerance & dependence: Moderate
Street Names: K, Special K, vitamin k, kit cat, cat valium, jet.
Packaging: may be powder, liquid, or pill form; small plastic bags or tied off corners for pills and powder, usually original pharmaceutical packaging for liquid form.
How it's Used: Pill form taken orally or crushed and smoked or mixed with water and injected. Powder form either as above, or mixed in food or beverages (often covertly). Liquid form injected intramuscularly.
Symptoms during Use: Hallucinations, including visual and auditory distortion which may last longer than 24 hours, disorientation, delirium
Effects on the Body: incapacitation (hence its use as a “date rape” drug), slowed heart rate and breathing
Long Term Effects: severe cognitive dulling, amnesia and other memory problems, depression, high blood pressure, respiratory problems
Withdrawal signs and symptoms: Moodiness, anxiety, sweating, agitation
Symptoms & Effects of Overdose: loss of motor control, unconsciousness, coma; death
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