Ketamine powder turning into white paste (x/post r/drugs)

I bought some racemic ketamine recently from a DNM vendor with a good reputation. It arrived as little transparent crystals that looked like clear salt or sugar. I crushed these crystals so I could insufflate the powder, but within a few days it started turning into a white paste. Microwaving the paste and chopping it with a razor helps a little bit, but within an hour it is getting pasty again and is almost impossible to snort. It has been stored in the baggy it came in, then inside another baggy.

I've reached out to the vendor to see if they have any response. Is this normal for ketamine or does it maybe indicate a cut that is sucking up moisture from the air? Someone in another thread said it sounded like ketamine "base" but they didn't really sound like they knew what they were talking about, and searches for ketamine base haven't been very helpful.


Comments


[2 Points] 74malvern:

It could be cut with a hygroscopic chemical such as amphetamine. Maybe that's where your friend got the word "base" from?


[1 Points] Example1337:

glucoze cut perhaps in a heated room goes gloopy