'Delusional' warning over club drug.Summary: Heavy use of the dance drug ketamine ketamine /keta·mine/ (ke´tah-men) a rapid-acting general anesthetic, used as the hydrochloride salt. ke·ta·mine n. causes memory loss and can make users "delusional", according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. researchers. Heavy use of the dance drug Ketamine causes memory loss and can make users "delusional", according to researchers. A study of frequent users found the drug had a "profound" impact on short and long-term memory. Users became "dissociated" in their day-to-day lives and struggled to remember names and conversations. Researchers at University College London “UCL” redirects here. For other uses, see UCL (disambiguation). University College London, commonly known as UCL, is the oldest multi-faculty constituent college of the University of London, one of the two original founding colleges, and the first British , also linked the drug - which is known as "Special K" - to depressive symptoms. During the trial, two out of the group of 30 heavy users, who were taking up to 10g a day, died in ketamine-related accidents. The study said: "This renders them very vulnerable to physical dangers, such as drowning or crossing busy roads without checking for traffic. High doses of the drug, which is used by vets to tranquillise horses, leave users "completely unresponsive" to things going on around them, the scientists said. The class C drug, which sells for around Au20 a gram, has also been linked to bladder damage and breathing problems in high doses. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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