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UK: Ketamine to be made illegal (updated 12/28/05)
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Bluelight Crew
Skyline_GTR said:
Does this mean there is likely to be little impact on the availability of ket?
Seeing as it was illegal to sell anyway, then the means of acquiring it should be no different, correct?
Morrison's Lament
Bluelighter
Experts also fear the flat earth may split in two and that a lack of widespread medicinal bloodletting is causing cancer.
Where the hell do you find an expert that has never opened a book on the subject he's supposedly an expert on??
--- G.
Where the hell do you find an expert that has never opened a book on the subject he's supposedly an expert on??
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qwe
Bluelight Crew
umm.. i donno where drug experts come from either
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Bluelighter
We should launch an investigation! Somewhere there is an office that is conferring expert status on complete retards... we must locate and destroy this source at all cost.
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Skyline_GTR
Bluelight Crew
Update
Club 'horse' drug to be outlawed
BBC News
28 December 2005
An anaesthetic used by vets as a horse tranquiliser but becoming increasingly common on Britain's dance scene is to be made illegal.
Ketamine, nicknamed "special K", is currently legal but will become a Class C drug from 1 January.
In September, charity DrugScope revealed the gaining popularity of the hallucinogen in the UK.
Researchers surveying drug prices in 15 towns and cities found ketamine on sale in eight.
It did not feature at all in the same survey a year earlier.
"Although ketamine use is relatively low in the UK, there has been an increase in use by clubbers in recent years," Home Office minister Paul Goggins said.
"Ketamine presents serious health risks and must be subject to strict controls to provide a considerable deterrent to those seeking to import and supply the drug."
Ketamine is a general anaesthetic which has been used in hospitals and in veterinary medicine since the 1970s.
Among recreational users it can be taken in powder, tablet or liquid form.
Effects depend on the dose but users report euphoria, hallucinations and "dissociative" feelings in which mind and body seem to separate.
Gradual increase
Ketamine can be dangerous when taken in conjunction with alcohol or other depressants, and users can be unable to move or feel pain while on the drug.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that ketamine use has been gradually increasing for several years - particularly on the gay scene - but it has recently become popular among mainstream club-goers.
Other changes in the drug laws to be introduced on New Year's Day include stiffer sentences for dealers selling drugs near schools or using children as couriers.
Under the Drugs Act 2005, police will also be able to ask for X-rays or ultrasounds of dealers who they suspect of swallowing Class A drugs.
And the maximum amount of time suspected "drug mules" can be held in custody will be increased from 96 hours to 192 hours to allow time for packages to pass through their system.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4564606.stm
Club 'horse' drug to be outlawed
BBC News
28 December 2005
An anaesthetic used by vets as a horse tranquiliser but becoming increasingly common on Britain's dance scene is to be made illegal.
Ketamine, nicknamed "special K", is currently legal but will become a Class C drug from 1 January.
In September, charity DrugScope revealed the gaining popularity of the hallucinogen in the UK.
Researchers surveying drug prices in 15 towns and cities found ketamine on sale in eight.
It did not feature at all in the same survey a year earlier.
"Although ketamine use is relatively low in the UK, there has been an increase in use by clubbers in recent years," Home Office minister Paul Goggins said.
"Ketamine presents serious health risks and must be subject to strict controls to provide a considerable deterrent to those seeking to import and supply the drug."
Ketamine is a general anaesthetic which has been used in hospitals and in veterinary medicine since the 1970s.
Among recreational users it can be taken in powder, tablet or liquid form.
Effects depend on the dose but users report euphoria, hallucinations and "dissociative" feelings in which mind and body seem to separate.
Gradual increase
Ketamine can be dangerous when taken in conjunction with alcohol or other depressants, and users can be unable to move or feel pain while on the drug.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that ketamine use has been gradually increasing for several years - particularly on the gay scene - but it has recently become popular among mainstream club-goers.
Other changes in the drug laws to be introduced on New Year's Day include stiffer sentences for dealers selling drugs near schools or using children as couriers.
Under the Drugs Act 2005, police will also be able to ask for X-rays or ultrasounds of dealers who they suspect of swallowing Class A drugs.
And the maximum amount of time suspected "drug mules" can be held in custody will be increased from 96 hours to 192 hours to allow time for packages to pass through their system.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4564606.stm
ChemicalSmiles
Ex-Bluelighter
Oh noooooooooooooooo alllll my kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkKKkkkKkkKkkkkkkKKKKkKkkKkKKKKkkKkkKk
DexterMeth
Bluelighter
utterly retarded and false. At least they spelled "ketamine" correct 
Jamshyd
Bluelight Crew
Tsk tsk... its called consistency. There is so much you can do to spice up your article *sigh*
I think we're actually a bit of ahead of the UK here in Australia... well in Melbourne anyway.
Ketamine is already a pretty commonly used recreational drug with pretty firmly established markets in the dance music, gay and club scenes.
It's been listed as a scheduled drug for a while now making it illegal to posses or traffic, but I think you'll find in the UK that these changes will only make the drug slightly harder to obtain.
Ketamine is already a pretty commonly used recreational drug with pretty firmly established markets in the dance music, gay and club scenes.
It's been listed as a scheduled drug for a while now making it illegal to posses or traffic, but I think you'll find in the UK that these changes will only make the drug slightly harder to obtain.
