Ketamine is a painkiller used in operations on people and animals. There has been a rise in the number of young people taking the Class C drug ketamine.
Increased use was found in nine out of 20 studied areas in the UK. Ketamine was made illegal three years ago after a surge in the number of people using it as a recreational drug. It is legal in low doses for medicinal use as an anesthetic and a horse tranquilizer.
Also known as K, Special K and Vitamin K, the drug has a strong following on the dance scene. Usually it is snorted or swallowed but more people were injecting it in an attempt to experience stronger hallucinations, which increases the risk of infection from dirty needles.
At low doses the user may feel euphoric, experience waves of energy, and possibly synaesthesia - sensations such as seeing sounds or hearing colors. At higher doses the user might become paralysed, experience hallucinations and alternate realities, and a feeling of disassociation giving an out-of-body experience known as the "K-hole".
Ketamine was linked to the deaths of 23 people between 1993 and 2006. Most had accidents after taking the drug.
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