Recent news on Ketamine

Cassell pleads guilty  -  25 May 2007
Roanoke Times,Agents from the Philadelphia office of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration contacted counterparts in Roanoke to say they knew a package of ketamine

Most cases ended in plea agreements  -  25 May 2007
Martinsville Bulletin,Ginger Lewis, 28, of Martinsville, on one count possession with intent to distribute ketamine, with a maximum penalty of a $1 million fine and/or 20 years

Forest of Dean launches ketamine dangers leaflet  -  May 16, 2007
24dash.com,The relatively new drug Ketamine has hit local headlines recently, being identified as a particular problem in the Forest of Dean.

2 arrested over dealing ketamine  -  May 14, 2007
The Daily Yomiuri,Two people have been arrested in connection with their bar's alleged sale of ketamine, an anesthetic that was designated as a narcotic drug earlier this

P4-M drugs hidden in books seized  -  May 22, 2007
Tempo,At least one book bore five vials of Ketamine, an essential ingredient used in the manufacture of the party drug Ecstasy. The other books contained 1600

Drug arrests in Crewkerne  -  May 21, 2007
Yeovil Express,POLICE have targeted drug dealers in Crewkerne in an operation to crack down on the supply and use of Ketamine in the town. On Friday, May 18, officers from

Post-discharge Adverse Behavioral Events in Children Receiving ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
AEM (subscription)Compare post-discharge adverse behavioral events of three sedation regimens: ketamine with and without midazolam and fentanyl/midazolam (F/M).

Sun.Star Cebu: PDEA nets P4-M drug smuggle try  -  May 21, 2007
GMA news.tv,At least one book bore five vials of Ketamine, an essential ingredient in the manufacture of the party drug Ecstasy. The other books contained 1600 assorted

Drug stuffed in books which are then sent by mail to clients ...  -  May 21, 2007
Sun.Star,At least one book bore five vials of Ketamine, an essential ingredient in the manufacture of the party drug Ecstasy.

Nurse struck off for drug theft  -  May 10, 2007
Newbury Weekly News Group,A CALCOT nurse caught on CCTV stealing the powerful horse tranquiliser Ketamine from a hospital drugs cabinet was struck off yesterday (Thursday).

Beware of Date Rape drugs  -  May 12, 2007
Hindustan Times,And Ketamine is a white powder. The drugs act quickly. The length of time varies. It depends on the dose and whether or not it is mixed with alcohol.

Man at gay club with drugs may face jail  -  May 14, 2007
Blackpool Today,A MAN took the horse anaesthetic ketamine and Ecstasy to a gay club intending to share the drugs with his friends, a court was told.

Potentially dangerous drugs stolen from vet  -  May 7, 2007
WBBH,Pets are also often treated with the anesthetic Ketamine - a drug deputies say is often abused. "They know we keep Ketamine, and that's the popular street

Man arrested for spiking drink  -  May 16, 2007
Bromley Times,This reveals whether the liquid contains drugs including horse tranquilliser Ketamine, GHB and more than 60 benzodiazepines including rohypnol and valium.

Stolen horse drugs 'lethal'  -  May 16, 2007
This Is Hertfordshire,The horse medicine Ketamine is sometimes taken by clubbers for its hallucinatory effects, but the stolen drugs are different substances and police have

NMC: Berkshire nurse is struck off for drugs theft  -  May 11, 2007
Politics.co.uk,A nurse form Berkshire has been struck off the register after being found guilty by a criminal court of stealing ketamine.

Student impaled on spike after 12ft fall  -  May 10, 2007
South Manchester Reporter,..."After a while I went into shock and it numbed the pain a bit, but the morphine didn’t do anything and I was still in pain after I was given ketamine."

EpiCept Corporation to Present New NP-1 Data at American Pain ...  -  May 2, 2007
Earthtimes.orgThe highest observed level of ketamine at any time point was 10.7 ng/mL. These levels are far below any known systemic efficacy level and even further below

Montreal police call designer drug bust a record  -  May 4, 2007
CBC Montreal,Two Montreal brothers face narcotics possession and trafficking charges after police seized designer drugs including ecstasy and ketamine worth more than $2

Man nabbed for hiding drugs in cans  -  May 11, 2007
China Post,Upon Chang's arrest, police confiscated several types of illegal drugs, including 41 grams of amphetamines, 0.7 grams of ketamine, and 12 ecstasy pills.

E USERS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW  -  May 23, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,...price, purity and availability of ecstasy and related drugs such as speed, crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, GHB and ketamine. One hundred ecstasy users

How To Avoid Date Rape  -  Apr 30, 2007
Student Operated Press,A third lesser-used drug is called Ketamine Hydrochloride. Many people refer to these drugs as club drugs because they are used in many fraternities and at

Buffalo, Orchard Park police team up to seize Ecstasy pills and ...  -  Apr 28, 2007
Buffalo News,Officers from the two police departments confiscated 498 Ecstasy pills, one ounce of Ketamine, which is an animal tranquilizer, and 21 grams of Ecstasy

EpiCept Up Following Painkiller Data  -  May 3, 2007
Forbes,The company said extremely low levels of the drugs amitriptyline and ketamine, which are present in its topical painkiller NP-1, were found in other parts

Four drug ring members held  -  Apr 28, 2007
New Straits Times,They also seized 5kg of ketamine worth RM90,000 hidden in wheat flour packets. A police spokesman said the four were arrested at a budget hotel in Jalan Tan

Life too strange for words  -  Apr 26, 2007
Daily Telegraph,WHILE high on the drug ketamine, the founder of popular gay dating site Gaydar jumped to his death from an apartment balcony moments after suggesting a trip

Teacher held for dadah offence  -  Apr 25, 2007
Malay Mail,In an unrelated incident on Tuesday, a Thai national was arrested with 50 tablets of what was believed to be Ecstasy, and an undisclosed amount of ketamine

AstraZeneca is Proud to Support the American Psychiatric ...  -  May 22, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),He will study the glutamatergic modulation of mood in bipolar disorder by investigating the acute antidepressant effects of ketamine in patients with

More parents seek hair tests to check children's drug use  -  May 21, 2007
Taipei Times,Chang says that more young people are taking ketamine, which is not only easier to take than other drugs, but it is not subject to stiff legal penalties

4 arrested on drug, weapons charges  -  May 12, 2007
Ithaca Journal,Ketamine, also known as “jet,� “super acid,� “Special K�, “green,� “K� and “cat Valium,� is a tranquilizer mostly used on animals, according to the Drug

Drugs, fisting, and Hep C  -  May 21, 2007
Gay.com UK,24% of HIV+ men who didn’t have hep C. Similarly 83% had used ketamine compared with 48% of those without hep C, and 52% had used GHB compared with 25%.

A Case of Ciprofloxacin-Induced Acute Polymorphic Psychosis With a ...  -  May 3, 2007
Psychosomatics (subscription)A recent fMRI study in healthy probands showed that the NMDA-antagonist ketamine induces a distinct deficit of the prefrontal cortex, 4 a deficit that

Making us better  -  May 18, 2007
New Zealand Herald,His first study determined effective doses of ketamine, an anaesthetic and painkiller for children in emergency. Other published research has investigated

The Bad Boy of Plastic Surgery: Dr. Robert Ersek  -  May 10, 2007
Make Me Heal,It is also important to realize that this was done under local anesthesia with Valium and ketamine dissociative sedation so that we consider this to be very

Life too strange for words  -  26 Apr 2007
Daily Telegraph,WHILE high on the drug ketamine, the founder of popular gay dating site Gaydar jumped to his death from an apartment balcony moments after suggesting a trip

Teacher held for dadah offence  -  26 Apr 2007
Malay Mail,In an unrelated incident on Tuesday, a Thai national was arrested with 50 tablets of what was believed to be Ecstasy, and an undisclosed amount of ketamine

Crime climbs 4.6% in Q1  -  26 Apr 2007
News.gov.hk,Nevertheless, seizure of ketamine fell 94.9%. Domestic violence cases rose 120.6% to 1780 cases. The secretary said Police have enhanced officers' training,

Ketamine link to ‘Gaydar’ founder’s death  -  Apr 20, 2007
Gay NZ,Pathologist Dr Peter Wilkins said raised levels of ketamine were found in Mr Frisch's blood and liver. He added: "It can have similar effects to LSD,

Ketamine led to death of Gaydar founder  -  Apr 20, 2007
PinkNews.co.uk,It emerged in court yesterday that under the influence of the drug ketamine he leapt from the balcony of his eight-floor Battersea apartment.

Trafficking charge for those with ketamine and Eramin 5  -  Apr 17, 2007
Malaysia Star,KUALA LUMPUR: Anyone caught with ketamine, a popular date-rape drug, and Nimetazepam, better known as Eramin 5, will now be charged with trafficking under

KETAMINE AND THE LAW  -  Apr 11, 2007
Sydney Star Observer,Ketamine is being identified as one of the major components of ecstasy pills in Australia. For a long time this caused law enforcement some problems in that

Man found in lake died of ketamine overdose  -  Apr 12, 2007
Tucson Citizen,..."Based on information we had at the time of the investigation, we suspected (ketamine) might have caused (Busch's) death," Robinson said.

Dental practice is hit by more scandal  -  Apr 23, 2007
Cambridge Evening News,After the procedure, the woman, known as Mrs A, was taken to the centre's garden to recover from a dose of four sedatives, including ketamine.

IOP measurements in kids more accurate using ketamine vs ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription),However, sedation achieved using intramuscular ketamine hydrochloride showed no effect on IOP, the study authors noted. "IOP measured after ketamine

Ketamine destined for Spring Scream  -  Apr 3, 2007
China Post,A man who was arrested yesterday admitted that he intended to produce 200 kilograms of the illicit drug ketamine in time for the Kenting Spring Scream

Fatal Balcony Leap Tycoon Had Binged On Drugs  -  Apr 19, 2007
Life Style Extra,Mr Morris said: "I saw him take Ketamine. Then he went to the bathroom. He was in there for a while. When he came out there was white powder around his nose

Gaydar founder's misadventure death verdict  -  Apr 21, 2007
Ealing Times,Mr Morris said his friend was a bit depressed that night and stayed up late taking ketamine, drinking whiskey and saying strange things about God.

Gaydar founder in K-fuelled death plunge  -  Apr 20, 2007
Gay.com UK,THE co-founder of Gaydar, the world's most popular gay online dating site jumped to his death from an eighth-floor balcony after taking ketamine,

Thieves target vet clinics  -  Apr 17, 2007
MyFox Tampa Bay,Specifically, Gemming suspects a desire to steal the animal tranquilizer Ketamine, which is also sold as a street drug called "Special K."

News, Hairspray, Knut, Day of Silence, Nepal, Volcano  -  Apr 19, 2007
Towleroad,Gaydar founder Gary Frisch, who plunged to his death from an eighth-floor balcony in early February, was found to have raised levels of ketamine in his

AFL lets Kerr off hook  -  Apr 21, 2007
Courier Mail,...recorded by Victorian police in 2003 allegedly talking to a convicted drug dealer about the horse sedative ketamine, which is also a recreational drug.

Fears over lethal drug cocktail as clubbers seek fresh thrills  -  Apr 16, 2007
Scotsman,Seizures of GHB and ketamine, which were once relatively unheard of, are said to be on the increase in city nightclubs.

Damages set at $63000 in drug mishap  -  Apr 12, 2007
Vancouver Sun (subscription),Cole found that Weafer suffered psychological trauma from the overdose, in which he received the entire contents of a 500-milligram bag of Ketamine -- being

Killed by party drug and left in the street  -  Apr 2, 2007
Cambridge Evening News,Daniel Ince, 22, died after falling into a catatonic state and collapsing at a house party in Guest Road, Cambridge, where he had taken ketamine,

You won't feel a thing  -  Apr 4, 2007
Economist,They tested propofol, a member of a class of common modern drugs and compared it with ketamine, an older sedative now generally restricted to use in minor

A question of scale for Egger opponents  -  Apr 20, 2007
Hexham Courant,Apparently this misapprehension by the general public has been caused by the rave drug ketamine as used by vets. Let us hope that the NHS can come up with a

Readers' Comments AFL to deliver Kerr tapes ruling  -  Apr 19, 2007
Sunday Times.au,Kerr was recorded by Victoria Police in 2003 while allegedly talking to a convicted drug dealer about the horse sedative ketamine, which is also used as a

Ministry of Justice will not amend law on `minor' drug use  -  Apr 7, 2007
Taipei Times,Kaohsiung police officer Yeh Ming-ter ( 葉銘德 ) said the effects of taking Ketamine were similar to those of taking class-one and class-two drugs and some

Death cry of Gaydar millionaire  -  Apr 19, 2007
Metro,Gary Frisch's death followed a night of taking party drug ketamine. The 38-year-old, who set up Gaydar in 1999, had been having treatment for depression

He shoplifted eight pairs of sunglasses  -  Apr 16, 2007
Electric New Paper,He had consumed Erimin-5 and ketamine before shoplifting. Both are controlled drugs listed under the Misuse of DrugsAct.

Police: Teen girl got drugs from boyfriend  -  Apr 10, 2007
Santa Fe New Mexican,Seville told deputies he gave his girlfriend a combination of two prescription drugs -- about 45 milligrams of morphine and some Ketamine, the statement

Former investigator: AFL  -  Apr 12, 2007
ABC Online,And the AFL's Andrew Demetriou has ruled out asking the World Anti-Doping Agency to add ketamine to the list of drugs tested for, even though it was the

AFL to clear Kerr  -  Apr 19, 2007
Advertiser Adelaide,Kerr was recorded by Victorian Police in 2003 allegedly talking to a convicted drug dealer about the horse sedative ketamine, which is also used as a drug.

Tonne of Speed seized in mystery East End super drugs bust  -  Apr 19, 2007
East London Advertiser,Officers found 120grms of Cocaine, 1000 Ecstasy tablets, 700kgrms of Speed and 200 millilitres of Ketamine anaesthetics (also used as a club drug) at the

Police bust revelers on party boat  -  Apr 8, 2007
Taipei Times,Police late on Saturday night discovered more than 20 revelers using Ketamine and other drugs on a tour boat on its return to Kenting.

Late term abortion procedure that harmed moms banned  -  Apr 18, 2007
Blogger News NetworkIn clnics where Caesarian sections could not be done, we cut the pelvis open (symphysiotomy)…and now with modern “safe� anesthesia like Ketamine,

Poly drug use common amongst gay men in UK  -  Apr 19, 2007
Aidsmap,Ketamine was used by 9% of men at least once in the previous year, and by 1% of men weekly. Speed was also used by 1% of men weekly, but by 7% of men at

'Cold-water drowning' caused disc jockey's death  -  Apr 12, 2007
Tucson Citizen,A contributing factor in the death of Cody Busch, 22, was intoxication from ketamine, a tranquilizer, police said. Cold-water drowning is often referred to

Animal tranquilizer killed man found in lake, police say  -  Apr 12, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,A 21-year-old Tucson man whose body was found in an East Side lake last month died from an overdose of ketamine, an animal tranquilizer,

Drug trafficker in Penang nabbed for 16th time  -  Apr 9, 2007
Malaysia Star,Ketamine is used as a club drug under the name Special K or Ket. Prolonged use of the substance has been found to cause delirium, amnesia and depression.

Fifty-nine year old man arrested with drugs  -  Apr 9, 2007
Malaysia Star,Ketamine is used as a club drug known as Special K or Ket. Prolonged use of the substance has been found to cause delirium, amnesia and depression.

Longview presentation promotes healthy, safe lifestyles for girls  -  Apr 25, 2007
Lufkin Daily News,She cautioned them to be careful about drugs such as rohypnol and ketamine, which are tasteless and often slipped into drinks.

California Agents Seize 3 Gallons Of Date-Rape Drug  -  Apr 5, 2007
Officer.com...arresting two people and seizing about 3 gallons of the date- rape drug GHB and undisclosed amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, ketamine and ecstasy.

Feds Raid Newport Beach Drug Lab  -  Apr 4, 2007
CBS 2,...arresting two people and seizing about 3 gallons of the date-rape drug GHB and undisclosed amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, ketamine and ecstasy.

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