Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has some
hallucinogenic effects. It distorts perceptions of sight
and sound and makes the user feel disconnected
and not in control. It is an injectable, short-acting
anesthetic for use in humans and animals.
it makes patients feel detached from their pain and
environment.
Ketamine can induce a state of sedation (feeling
calm and relaxed), immobility, relief from pain, and
amnesia (no memory of events while under the
influence of the drug).
It is abused for its ability to produce dissociative
sensations and hallucinations. Ketamine has also
been used to facilitate sexual assault.

Ketamine, along with the other “club drugs,” has
become popular among teens and young adults at
dance clubs and “raves.” Ketamine is manufactured
commercially as a powder or liquid. Powdered
ketamine is also formed from pharmaceutical
ketamine by evaporating the liquid using hot plates,
warming trays, or microwave ovens, a process that.