Ketamine drug use 'harms memory' [View All]

[steven johnson]

'Special K' -- ketamine, which is a common rave club drug has been shown to have a serious set of adverse consequences. Previous research has suggested the drug may cause kidney and bladder damage. Now further research shows persistent memory problems and delusions. It's the drug that keeps on giving.

Frequent use of ketamine - a drug popular with clubbers - is being linked with memory problems, researchers say.

They found frequent users performed poorly on skills such as recalling names, conversations and patterns.

Researchers found the frequent users group performed significantly worse on the memory tests - in some they made twice as many errors.

However, all groups of ketamine users showed evidence of unusual beliefs or mild delusions, such as conspiracy theories, the psychological questionnaires showed.

Ketamine drug use 'harms memory'