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Horse drugs tranquilise clubbers
December 22, 2004
CLUBBERS in Queensland's Whitsunday islands have suffered partial anaesthesia after being sold horse tranquillisers under the guise of ecstasy.
Police believe a number of club patrons in the tourist haven of Airlie Beach have been adversely affected over the past couple of weeks by what they thought were ecstasy tablets, but were instead an anaesthetic known as ketamine.
Ketamine was used primarily as a veterinary anaesthetic and could induce drowsiness and result in a person losing consciousness, or in extreme cases, death, police said.
A police spokesman said a quarter of the recommended dose for a horse was enough to induce partial anaesthesia, which had put clubbers in a "half conscious state".
An analysis of a tablet handed in by a nightclub staff member found the tablet did not contain any methylamphetamine (MDMA), and was pure ketamine, police said.
Mackay district acting Superintendent Brendan Gough warned would-be users of the dangers of illegal drugs.
"These drugs are manufactured in unhygienic laboratories and include dangerous poisons," he said.
There were no reports of hospitalisation."
AAP
December 22, 2004
CLUBBERS in Queensland's Whitsunday islands have suffered partial anaesthesia after being sold horse tranquillisers under the guise of ecstasy.
Police believe a number of club patrons in the tourist haven of Airlie Beach have been adversely affected over the past couple of weeks by what they thought were ecstasy tablets, but were instead an anaesthetic known as ketamine.
Ketamine was used primarily as a veterinary anaesthetic and could induce drowsiness and result in a person losing consciousness, or in extreme cases, death, police said.
A police spokesman said a quarter of the recommended dose for a horse was enough to induce partial anaesthesia, which had put clubbers in a "half conscious state".
An analysis of a tablet handed in by a nightclub staff member found the tablet did not contain any methylamphetamine (MDMA), and was pure ketamine, police said.
Mackay district acting Superintendent Brendan Gough warned would-be users of the dangers of illegal drugs.
"These drugs are manufactured in unhygienic laboratories and include dangerous poisons," he said.
There were no reports of hospitalisation."
AAP