SPECIAL "K"

WHAT IS KETAMINE?

·         Ketamine hydrochloride ("Special K" or "K") was originally created for use as a human anaesthetic, and is still used as a general anaesthetic for children, persons of poor health, and in veterinary medicine.

·         Ketamine belongs to a class of drugs called "dissociative anaesthetics," which separate perception from sensation. Other drugs in this category include PCP, DXM and nitrous oxide (laughing gas). 

·         Ketamine usually comes as a liquid in small pharmaceutical bottles, and is most often cooked into a white powder for snorting.

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS?

·         At lower doses it has a mild, dreamy feeling similar to nitrous oxide. Users report feeling floaty and slightly outside their body. Numbness in the extremities is also common.

·         Higher doses produce a hallucinogenic (trippy) effect, and may cause the user to feel very far away from their body.

·         This experience is often referred to as entering a "K-hole" and has been compared to a near death experience with sensations of rising above one's body. Many users find the experience spiritually significant , while others find it frightening.

·         While in a K-hole it is very difficult to move. People usually remain seated or lying down during the experience.

WHAT IS THE DOSAGE?

·         Most people snort small lines or "bumps" for a mild, dreamy effect. The effect comes on within about 5 to 10 minutes.

·         100mg is usually enough to enter a K-hole.

·         If liquid is injected into the muscle, less is needed to enter a K-hole. Effects can be felt within four minutes. (Ketamine is never injected into the vein).

·         Some people become nauseous after taking ketamine.