ketamine

Question 1

What are the effects of ketamine use?

Answer 1

1. hallucinations
2. reduced pain sensation
3. drowsiness / sedation / respiratory depression

Question 2

name 1 major complication of ketamine abuse?

Answer 2

‘Ketamine bladder’

• haematuria
• scarring
• severe pain

Question 3

What are the effects of LSD use?

Answer 3

1. Hallucinations and altered perceptions aka ‘trip’

2. may percipitate mental health problems

Question 4

what are novel psychoactive substances?

Answer 4

1. previously known as ‘legal highs’
2. Exist in 4 main categories
   * stimulants
   * downers
   * hallucinogens
   * synthetic cannaboids

Question 5

what are ‘stimulant’ drugs?

Answer 5

e. g. mephedrone

1. make you feel energised, fast thinking and chatty

Question 6

what is a ‘downer’ drugs?

Answer 6

e. g. GBH / GBL

1. make you feel euphoric, relaxed and sleepy

Question 7

what are synthetic cannabinoids?

Answer 7

e. g. ‘Spice’ and ‘Black Mamba’

1. relaxation, altered consciousness, energise

Question 8

what class of drug is Spice?

Answer 8

1. synthetic cannaboid / more potent than natural cannabis

2. class B drug

Question 9

What are the effects of spice?

Answer 9

1. euporia and talkativeness
2. difficulty coordination - ‘freeze’
3. more likely to have hallucinations than normal cannabis