Review of the recreational use of ketamine hydrochloride
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https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.499Keywords:
Ketamine hydrochloride, ketamine, recreational use, psychonautical use, psychedelic potential, risksAbstract
The use of ketamine hydrochloride (ketamine) was approved in 1970 for medical and veterinary purposes. Its properties make it a safe and effective drug, but one which also produces undesirable effects such as dreams, delusions and hallucinations. For some, these medical drawbacks were an incentive for its non-clinical use, quickly demonstrating its enormous psychedelic potential. By the seventies, a psychonautical use was already established in limited circles of consumers experienced in the use of various drugs. Since the end of the 80s, and coinciding with the expansion of techno culture, raves and synthetic drugs, ketamine has been introduced as a recreational drug into adolescent parties where it has been consumed in low to medium doses, generally by sniffing, and frequently mixed with other substances such as ecstasy or cocaine. The principal risks associated with its consumption are the high potential for psychological addiction, the high rate of tolerance it produces and the possibility of resulting injuries and accidents if consumed in an unsuitable environment. Today, even though it is still a substance in minority use, it is slowly but surely gaining ground. For this reason, it would be advisable to undertake specific preventive and interventive steps to tackle the problemReferences
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