Strawberry K

Strawberry K is a form of the narcotic ketamine that is very popular on the London club scene . The usual form of consumption is nasal consumption of the drug in powder form. The original state of the substance as used in veterinary medicine is liquid. The liquid is slowly heated for easy and injection-free but effective consumption. The liquid evaporates - what remains is a crystalline powder that can be consumed nasally. Due to its chemical and bitter taste, flavors have been added to the liquid ketamine for some time before it is pulverized, mostly strawberry flavor. This is also retained in the powder and leads to a pleasant taste in the nose and therefore also in the throat. However, it can also lead to the dose being underestimated as the natural inhibition threshold of the drug, namely its bitterness and the strong burning sensation in the nose, is neutralized. There are also mixtures of ketamine, ephedrine and selegiline in tablet form.

Among other things, this development has led to an ever-increasing consumption of ketamine in Great Britain - despite the substance being upgraded to an illegal category C drug in January 2006.

It is considered to be problematic that such a change in taste of such a substance is an increased irritant factor for young people. The inhibition threshold for consumption can decrease and dosage becomes more difficult.

Individual evidence

↑ Ketamine, accessed July 2, 2010
^ W. Funk, W. Jakob, T. Riedl, K. Taeger: Oral preanaesthetic medication for children: double-blind randomized study of a combination of midazolam and ketamine vs midazolam or ketamine alone . In: British Journal of Anesthesia . tape 84 , no. 3 , March 2000, ISSN 1471-6771 , p. 335-340 , doi : 10.1093 / oxfordjournals.bja.a013435 .
↑ Test results of 30 samples of Ecstasy bought in British clubs between 11/94 and 7/95. In: ecstasy.org. Retrieved on May 5, 2017 (English, description and images of various consumer units).
↑ Bath University study on increased ketamine consumption among young people, accessed January 14, 2011

[1] Ketamine, accessed July 2, 2010

[2] W. Funk, W. Jakob, T. Riedl, K. Taeger: Oral preanaesthetic medication for children: double-blind randomized study of a combination of midazolam and ketamine vs midazolam or ketamine alone . In: British Journal of Anesthesia . tape 84 , no. 3 , March 2000, ISSN 1471-6771 , p. 335-340 , doi : 10.1093 / oxfordjournals.bja.a013435 .

[3] Test results of 30 samples of Ecstasy bought in British clubs between 11/94 and 7/95. In: ecstasy.org. Retrieved on May 5, 2017 (English, description and images of various consumer units).

[4] Bath University study on increased ketamine consumption among young people, accessed January 14, 2011