Ketamine Narcotics

Depressants account for 1 per cent of global seizure cases and other drugs for 4 per cent. This includes substances such as methaqualone, khat, various synthetic narcotics, LSD, ketamine, various non-specified psychotropic substances, and inhalants. Some of these substances (such as khat, ketamine and some of the psychotropic substances) are not under international control, but are under national control in several Member States. 

Ma huang, "herbal ecstasy," other phenylpropanolamine analogues Nicotine and withdrawal, anabolic steroids, narcotic withdrawal, methylphenidate, phencyclidine, ketamine, ergotamine and other ergot-containing herbal products, St. John s wort Food Substances Sodium ... 

Ketamine is considered to be a drug of potential abuse, and is listed as a Schedule III narcotic. 

Yang and co-workers introduced the controlled fabrication of an Ag nanoneedle (of diameter about around 200 nm) and its application in rapid detection of narcotics (Yang et al. 2012). It was found that a SERS EE > lO could be reproducibly achieved by the nanoneedle array. The nanoneedle array was able to detect ketamine down to 27 ppb through SERS. 

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