A new drug has been discovered through Australia’s first fixed pill testing site in Canberra.
The new drug has been named “CanKet” as it is believed to have similar compounds to that of Ketamine and was discovered in the Canberra based pill testing clinic CanTEST.
ANU Professor Malcom McLeod told the ABC that the bag was handed in to the testing clinic by someone who claimed the drug had a different effect to that of ketamine.
"They told us that they thought it was ketamine but that the effects of the drug were very different to what they expected, so they wanted us to test it,” he said.
"But when we tested the substance it was clear it wasn't ketamine, but rather a ketamine-like substance."- Professor Malcom McLeod
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