1. Young people talking about Special K may not be discussing breakfast cereal. Ketamine, or K, is a powerful general anaesthetic. It depresses the nervous system and causes a temporary loss of body sensation. At low doses it can create a feeling of wellbeing and rushes of energy. Larger doses can give hallucinations similar to those of LSD. As Frank, the Government's drug web site for young people, puts it: "It can give the user a floating feeling as if the mind and body have been separated." It can also stop the limbs working and it cuts off pain. Its effects do not last long.
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