By Stephen Beech Seizures of illicit party drug ketamine have soared by 349 percent in the United States in just five years, reveals in JAMA Psychiatry. The “dramatic” increase has sparked concerns about the potential dangers of rising recreational use of the illegal substance that was originally used as horse tranquilizer. A piece of drug.
Scientists in New York and Florida who carried out the research were concerned that the spike could mean more people are exposed to fentanyl, which can be easily mixed into ketamine supplies.
Dramatic increases in illegal ketamine found by law enforcement from 2017 through last year have sparked concerns over a possible spike in recreational use, researchers said Wednesday.