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Ketamine helped me escape my negative thoughts - then nearly killed me

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First NHS clinic dedicated to helping children with ketamine use opens on Merseyside .

Ketamine is a powerful horse tranquilliser and anaesthetic and can cause serious and sometimes permanent damage to the bladder.

The number of under 16s reporting a problem with the drug has nearly doubled over the past two years .

Maisie Norman , 25 , from St Helens , was addicted to ketamine, which had caused potentially irreversible damage to her kidneys.

Her mother Sarah Norman says she felt like a "silent watcher" as her daughter began to "fade in front" of her eyes.

She is now clean and proud of herself but says the treatment she received failed to deal with her trauma.