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[HEALTH] Straight from the horse’s mouth: ketamine abuse is harmful

The dangers of using this inexpensive party drug, including incontinence and liver disease, have started to show up in long-term studies

By Tan Ee Lyn  /  REUTERS , HONG KONG

“It is very easy to buy. They [pushers] can deliver them to the foot of your office building in 15 minutes.”

Yet, as with all drugs, the consequences are dire.

“The complications of psychotropic drugs are many. For ice and ecstasy, they are linked to cardiac, lung and breathing difficulties, brain damage,” said Peggy Chu, senior medical officer and urologist at Tuen Mun Hospital in Hong Kong.

“For ketamine, there is long term neurological and uterine complications, like having to go to the toilet every 15 minutes, bladder, kidney and liver problems. Colangitis, or inflammation of the bile duct, causes stomach pain and it could damage the liver in the long term.”

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