Abuse of ketamine (pronounced Kee-ta-meen) goes hand in hand with gamma
hydroxy butyrate (GHB) and MDMA (Ecstasy). Where you find one, you will likely
find the others. All three are very popular with the RAVE party crowd. Ketamine
hcl, a cat tranquilizer and the most commonly used anesthetic in the Vietnam
War, is also used in sexual assault on occasion since it puts the victim in a frozen
state for at least a brief period of time. It was big in the 70’s with New Age types
like Dr. John Lilly (the model for the William Hurt character in the movie Altered
States) and Timothy Leary.