Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

WHY KETAMINE MATTERS

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Ketamine is a potent anaestheti­c, commonly used in veterinary medicine

The drug is popular as a recreation­al drug at rave parties Ketamine is also referred to as a “date rape drug”

Mixing the drug with other depressant­s such as alcohol and heroin intensifie­s the danger of respirator­y depression, which can be deadly

In 2016, 68.06kg of Ketamine was seized in India, and this year 308kg (and 250kg in the making) was seized in one crackdown

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