1. Commonly Abused Drug Project - Ketamine
Warning: ketamine in a drink may cause fainting and rape
Is a dissociative drug
Commonly Abused Drug Project - Ketamine
By Lindsay S
Drink may contain ketamine
Also known as: K
Special K
cat Valium

2. Forms and how ketamine enters the body
Forms of ketamine
How ketamine enters the body
Dust
Liquid
Pill
Inhaled
Injected
Smoked
Drank

3. About ketamine’s effects in the body
Tolerance and dependence
Effects of drug on the body
Tolerance: yes
Type of dependence: psychological
Kidney damage including: kidney damage, and even kidney failure
Muscle breakdown
Disorientation
Memory loss
Hallucinations

4. History Used to be used as a anesthetic
Doctors and vets were confused when it started going missing
It is being used less and less for medical purposes because of new, safer drugs that were developed
Illegal and in 1999, turned into a federally controlled substance

5. Withdrawal Symptoms for ketamine
“Agitation
Confusion Psychosis, including delusion and hallucination
Loss of motor skills
Rage
Nausea
Decrease in respiratory and cardiac functions
Insomnia
Shakes
Hearing loss
Fatigue
Cognitive impairment”
According to:

6. Citations
"Kidney Damage." Health Consequences of Drug Misuse, National Institute of Drug Abuse, Mar. 2017, "Drugs in the News (Module 6)." Brain Power: Grades 6-9, National Institute of Drug Abuse, power/grades-6-9/drugs-in-news-module-6. "Background." Brain Power: Grades 6-9, National Institute of Drug Abuse, June 2007, 9/drugs-in-news-module-6/background. "Common Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs." Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs, National institute for Drug Abuse, Feb. 2015, "Ketamine Withdrawal and Detox." , AddictionCenter, 19 Nov. 2018, detox/. Marcovitz, Hal. Club Drug. Thomason Corporation, 2018, p. 33 Lockwood, Brad. Ketamine: Dangerous Hallucinogen. Rosen Publishing Group, p. 7.