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Author (up) European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Title Report on the risk assessment of ketamine in the framework of the joint action on new synthetic drugs Type Report
Year 2002 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 116
Keywords ketamine; monitoring; risk assessment; designer drug; research chemical; report; Europe
Abstract Since the mid-1990s, ketamine – widely used in human and veterinary medicine for 30 years – has been surfacing as a recreational drug. Concern over ketamine centres on its unpredictability in producing ‘near-death’ experiences. The risk-assessment exercise was carried out in 2000 in the framework of the Joint action on new synthetic drugs. In March 2001, the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council adopted formal conclusions that Member States should monitor this drug closely. This publication records the findings and conclusions of the exercise. Among others, it draws together the various elements used to assess the substance including: the final risk-assessment report; contributions from Europol and the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products; a review of pharmacotoxicological data; epidemiological evidence on the associated public-health risks and sociological and criminological evidence.
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Publisher Office for Official Publications of the European Communities Place of Publication Luxembourg Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1725-4485 ISBN 92-9168-123-7 Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes Approved no
Call Number 50-13430 Serial 50465
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