Warning signs someone is using 'party drug' after 700 deaths View Image

An addiction expert has warned parents to look out for the signs of a drug many think is harmless after an explosion in use among teens and young adults. Deaths due to illicit ketamine use have increased twenty-fold since 2014 asnd there have been 696 deaths with detections of illicit ketamine between 1999 and 2024.

But online communities continue to glamorise ketamine’s hallucinogenic effects. Brooks Lape, addiction expert and founder of Start Your Recovery , said: "Parents think ketamine is just another party drug their kids might experiment with, but what they don't realise is that this generation is using ketamine differently, and more dangerously, than ever before. The warning signs look different, the

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