How does the Ketamine market work in general?

Just asking out of curiosity.

It's not like there's two options for MDMA (pharma and blackmarket), so I just find K to be an interesting market and wonder what implications it has overall.


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[59 Points] DJrAdOx:

Ketamine is sold legal in India, everybody can buy it in a legid pharmacy... They sell it even on alibaba ^ not the powder, but the IV doses. In Germany, you can buy it in pharmacies, too...but it is only allowed for pet narcotic, so you need a prescript for your pet. Emergency drivers do have K ampulles, too; But it is only used under Special propose, e.g. when they have to narcotic a Person which can't be knock off with Opiates ... In a K-Hole, you don't feel pain but your breathe does work without external help (no breathe depression)..

Sry hard to explain in english ;)


[34 Points] Theeconomist1:

I like this sort of question.


[35 Points] consumelsd:

It used to be diverted from pharmacies and from Mexico for a long time. Now, some still is - there's plenty of people who take it from the companies and trucks and pharmacies still. Ketamine used to be a really underground thing, nurses who snuck it out of unlocked cabinets and hippies hanging out at festivals were the only people who even knew it got you high.

Now demand has blown up, and pharms and diversion isn't nearly enough to supply it. It's more precious than pure coke, and it's been largely supplied by massive illicit labs in Asia.

Chinese labs really have taken a beating and produce lower quality product. India is where the truth is at but those labs have been going under lately, contributing to the massive drop in supply (and overall quality).

Mexico has some labs, as does the Netherlands. By and large your supply of ketamine these days is from illicit labs, NOT cooked out of vials.


[10 Points] NWDiverdown:

It's so frustrating. In the 90s, vials would go for $25 and were abundant. Ketamine is literally the only drug I don't have an incredible connect for. I would trade my current connects for one good K dealer.


[6 Points] OpOnymousSurvivor:

when there was a big shortage in 2016, most of the K going around was being dried from the liquid vials you mentioned. it takes time and effort, but works...

currently, there is plenty of crystal ketamine going around so that the liquid isn't the only option

I voiced my thoughts on USA ketamine use to a EU MDMA producer many years ago, informing them of the popularity of ketamine here and they are beginning to start making it along with their speed paste and MDMA.. a certain top-level MDMA vendor is also now selling ket....

its kind of like DMT in the USA... its been around, but up until lately, there has been no massive demands.. but more and more people are using and demanding it, so there will be a supply


[3 Points] Usagii_YO:

I used to work at a Vet during High School and some College years, I used to take home boxes and boxes of "Ketaset" bottles. Those were the good old days :/

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[6 Points] None:

Step 1: buy ketamine

Step 2: boof dat shit nigga!!!!

Step 3: $$Profit$$


[2 Points] None:

Im from South America and years ago i used to buy mine from a Veterinary, it was cheap too. I remember that at the time i barely had a pot hook up but i could get K bottles/vials all day, i had some great journeys on it. I used to snort mine but ive heard IM is the best ROA.

The guy/pet shop selling it got robbed for his money (and K), police got involved and that was the end of my K hook up. Im pretty sure you can still get it straight from a Vet this days but not as easy as it was.


[1 Points] pingobingodingo:

I knew someone who used to import it from Pakistan. Similarly to those who order Alprazolam from Chinese labs, you contact a lab in that region, ask for a sample, order and then hope they don't fuck you over.

On a side note, whilst in Cambodia I was able to get vials for ~$25/30 from pharmacies. I swear that has been the strongest Ket I've had in my life, all 15 years of it.


[1 Points] None:

I figure if most came from vials that I'd be able to actually find vials for reasonable prices and also not from africa


[1 Points] rhyzom:

from what i know - can't be sure to what degree it still is so, but it's mostly india and pakistan where the ket comes from. indian chem houses usually require at least some semblance of legal procedure and want you to show them a license, etc, etc pakistan - i know a few pakis making a good living exporting pharmaceuticals from there to places like the UK. and ketamine has always been one of their hot products. the racemic stuff, and coming in powder. noticed they can and do sell you ketamine here in many pharmacies. and it's the same in india. otherwise, powder vs. liquid, i'd imagine powder is just easier to ship.


[1 Points] funkdogg:

To follow up on a specific question in the OP, are there many chefs cooking decent K? Or is most of the stuff coming from vials?


[0 Points] 18_Farralon_Ave:

Let take it downstream. How do people consume it? Basically, what is the ROA? I haven't a clue nor about the effects.