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6KetamineCOMMON STREET NAMESK, Special K, Vitamin K, Lady K, Super K, Kat, Kit Kat, Cat Valium,Bump, Jet, Ket, Ketalar, Ketaject, Psychedelic Heroin, Super acid,Super C, Green, Purple, Kelly’s Day, Honey Oil, Blind Squid.HISTORY AND LEGAL STATUSKetamine was first synthesized in the 1960s by the Parke-Davispharmaceutical company, where scientists were developinganalogues of phencyclidine (PCP) for use as general anesthetics forsurgery. Like PCP, ketamine proved to be a potent anesthetic, andParke-Davis patented it for use in both humans and animals in 1966.Around that same time it was first reported that ketamine had profoundpsychedelic effects and was named a “dissociative” anesthetic. By thelate 1960s, ketamine became available by prescription under thetrade name Ketalar®, and was also being used as a field anesthetic bythe United States during the Vietnam War. Ketamine’s anestheticproperties were also used widely in veterinary clinics, pediatric burncases, and for some dental surgery.Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s the recreationaluse of ketamine became popular in many parts of the world,primarily because of its psychedelic effects. Some psychologistseven used ketamine as an aid in psychotherapy since itgave people “insightful thinking.” In the late 1990s, ketaminebecame popular with teenagers and young adults at “raves,”parties, and dance clubs.In 1995, the DEA added ketamine to its “emerging drugs”62