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GHB is also known as Liquid Ecstacy, Ketamine is known as K - Special K - Vitamin K - Ket

How it's used

GHB is a colourless and odourless liquid or powder and is used by snorting, smoking, orally in liquid or mixed into drinks.

Ketamin comes in liquid and powder form. It can be smoked, swallowed or injected.

Both are very difficult to detect as liquids are colourless and odourless therefore very easily used to spike people's drinks and have regularly been implicated in date rape incidents and sexual assault.

Possible Symptoms GHB/Liquid Ecstasy

Small doses of GHB causes inebriation, increased friendliness. Larger doses cause vomiting, muscle stiffness, poor vision and coordination. Similar symptoms to ecstacy (hence the name liquid ecstacy).

Ketamine is a powerful anaesthetic which can produce 'out of body' experiences. It increases heart rate and blood pressure, produces slight feelings of euphoria.

Some things to look for

Small bottles or capsules. Sometimes transported in miniature shampoo bottles (hotel/sample size) or eye dropper bottles. Dilated pupils, high colouring, sweaty, dilated or even constricted pupils. Uncoordinated, jerky movements. Mood swings, weight loss.

Dangers

Users of ketamine can experience; delirium, vision problems, coma, hallucinations, poor motor functioning, amnesia. regular users gradually lose their hold on reality and are increasingly experiencing potentially fatal respiratory problems.

GHB users can suffer from tremors, vomiting, seizures, coma, liver failure, brain damage and fatal respiratory problems.

Both drugs are regularly used for the purpose of date rape/sexual assault. The drugs can incapacitate the victim who will also be left with no memory of the event. (Amnesia is more likely with ketamine use)

Legislation

Ketamine is not controlled by the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971), but sale or supply is illegal under The Medicines Act.

GHB is a Class C drug

Possession carries the penalty of up to 2 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine

Supply carries a penalty of up to 14 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine.