Ketamine and Its Effects
Ketamine, or “special K,” is a psychoactive substance initially used in medicine and veterinary practice as a general anesthetic. Also known as the Kit-kat drug, it is recreationally consumed due to its potent hallucinogenic effects. It is usually prepared as a powder for inhalation or as a tablet or pill for oral consumption.
Effects
- Physical Relaxation
- Amplification of sensory perception: colors and sounds appear brighter and are heard louder. This is especially noticeable in the first moments after administration.
- Alterations of consciousness: the subject often feels clouded, disoriented, and loses track of time.
- Hallucinations and K-Hole: K-Hole is the dissociative experience in which the user perceives a sensation of floating and leaving their own body. It can be experienced as positive and spiritual or as aversive and terrifying.
- Amnesia: it causes potent amnesia of events after its administration. For this reason, and coupled with its sedative action, the use of ketamine has been linked to cases of sexual assault.
- Lack of coordination and reduced mobility
- Physiological effects: it causes bronchodilation and increases blood pressure and heart rate. It usually leads to an increase in salivation and respiratory depression.
Associated Risks and Side Effects
- Dependence
- Intoxication
- Cognitive impairment and memory alterations
- Depression
- Anxiety
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