8-year-old girl in Nice emergency after swallowing ketamine

The girl was admitted to Lenval pediatric hospital -

An 8-year-old girl was admitted in a condition deemed "worrying" this weekend in the emergency department of the Lenval pediatric hospital, on the promenade des Anglais,

reported on

Tuesday.

The girl could have accidentally swallowed ketamine found in the refrigerator of her parents, indicates the local daily, specifying that analyzes "are in progress".

This molecule, used as an anesthetic drug, is sometimes diverted from its medical purpose to be consumed as a psychotropic drug.

It produces appeasement, euphoria or even hallucinations.

An investigation has been opened.

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