Warning of increase in ketamine use as seizures of drug spike

Ketamine can affect cognition, result in seizures, and sometimes lead to renal failure.

Addiction services are warning of a concerning increase in ketamine use as Revenue seizures of the drug rose sharply over the past 12 months.

Limerick-based addiction counsellor Michael Guerin said that young drug users are coming across ketamine through the party scene and are "doing mad stuff while they are on it”.