How the drug market is changing and what you need to know to party safely. We’ve teamed up with the HSE to bring you the latest information to help you have safer nights out. 

Ireland now ranks in Europe’s top 10 for ketamine use, so we’re teamed up with the HSE to share some of their substance analysis results to help you understand the current drug market and what you need to do to reduce harms. 

Ketamine can be described for its different effects: dissociative, aesthetic (pain relief) and psychedelic. It is a drug that is dose-dependent – the type of effects you experience will be based on how much is taken.

How you react to ketamine will be influenced by three main areas:  

• The drug – the contents, how much you take, how you take it, if you use it with other drugs
• Your set – how you feel, your physical/mental health and if you have any underlying concerns 
• Your setting – where you use and who you use with. Using with new people or in new places can impact the effects...