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The use of ketamine as part of a "post-clubbing experience" has also been documented. [36] Ketamine's rise in the dance culture was most rapid in Hong Kong by the end of the 1990s. [32] Ketamine use as a recreational drug has been implicated in deaths globally, with more than 90 deaths in England and Wales in the years of 2005–2013. [37]
It was initially identified in Canberra, Australia in mid-August 2022 by the government-funded drug-testing service CanTEST. [2] It has since been dubbed "CanKet" due to it originally being found in Canberra and being a structural analogue of ketamine. [3] [4] It has subsequently been discovered in Taiwan, China and New Zealand. [5] [6] [7]
In Australia, ketamine is listed as a Schedule 8 controlled drug under the Poisons Standard (October 2015). [ 147 ] In Canada, ketamine has been classified as a Schedule I narcotic, since 2005.
Here, we explore ketamine therapy’s safety with Steven L. Mandel, M.D., co-founder of Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles and the founder of the nonprofit American Society of Ketamine Physicians ...
"Ketamine has also been used to facilitate sexual assault." The approved medical product is used an injectable short-lasting anesthetic for people and animals as well as a nasal spray for ...
NMDA receptor antagonists induce a state called dissociative anesthesia, marked by catalepsy, amnesia, and analgesia. [1] Ketamine is a favored anesthetic for emergency patients with unknown medical history and in the treatment of burn victims because it depresses breathing and circulation less than other anesthetics.
Ketamine, popularly known as the party drug Special K, has recently been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for major depression, but it's not without risks. ... Ketamine is only FDA-approved for ...
This is a list of species and genera that are used as entheogens or are used in an entheogenic concoction (such as ayahuasca). For ritualistic use they may be classified as hallucinogens. The active principles and historical significance of each are also listed to illustrate the requirements necessary to be categorized as an entheogen.