Frank & Honest

Also known as:

K – SPECIAL K – VITAMIN K

WHAT IS IT?

Ketamine is a powerful anaesthetic. It has painkilling and psychedelic effects.

It comes in tablet form, or as powder snorted up the nose. Vets use a very similar drug when they operate on animals. Ketamine is a prescription only drug.

WHAT THE LAW SAYS

While possession isn’t illegal without a prescription, supplying it for other people is against the law and Class C penalties may apply. That could mean up to 14 years in prison for supply or trafficking.

THE EFFECTS

• Ketamine can create an ‘out of body’ experience. This will make you feel like your mind is separated from your body.

• It can make you feel detached from yourself and others around you.
  

• You may experience numbness, nausea and vomiting and/or experience strange body movements or be physically unable to move.

THE RISKS

• As Ketamine numbs the body you risk serious injury without feeling pain.

• The effects can be very alarming which will feel worse if you are already feeling anxious or depressed.

• Excessive doses carry a small risk of breathing problems or heart failure.

• Ketamine is very dangerous when mixed with alcohol or other drugs.
  

• The long-term effects of recreational use of Ketamine are still not really known.

PLAY IT SAFE

Drugs can severely damage your physical and mental health. They can get you in to trouble with the law and even kill you.
But if you do decide to use drugs, reduce the risks by finding out as much as you can about the effects, risks, etc. and then decide if it’s really worth it.

If you do decide to use drugs keep these points in mind: – If you’re dancing wear light clothing.

The smaller you are the less drugs you need to get the same effect, but where you are and the mood you are in will also affect the way you’ll react.

Don’t score off strangers; poor quality drugs can give you bad trips.

Mixing drugs and alcohol can be fatal.

Never drive if you have had drugs.

Always carry a condom; never risk unprotected sex.

FIRST AID

If your mate collapses call 999.
Get help to put them into the recovery position.
Tell the medics what they have taken.
IT COULD SAVE THEIR LIFE.

This information leaflet has been put together by: FUSION Young People’s Drug & Alcohol Service, and an initiative of the Gwent Council on Alcohol and Drug Misuse.

The information on this leaflet is correct at the time of going to press.