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Re:Ketamine Could Soon Be Used to Treat Suicidal Ideation by ceejayoz on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:40AM (#19085609)
Which, incidentally, also has perfectly legitimate medical uses - treatment of narcolepsy, anesthesia, etc.
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Re:Ketamine Could Soon Be Used to Treat Suicidal Ideation by bagacrap on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:12AM (#19085942)
As do cocaine, MDMA, shrooms, ...

Science might be finally gaining the upper hand in the drug war against political forces which won the public opinion battle back in the 70s. It's much harder to convince the public drugs r bad if 95% of the "hard" drugs have medical uses.

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Re:Ketamine Could Soon Be Used to Treat Suicidal Ideation by crishoj on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:30AM (#19086126)
As well as recreational uses, for which purpose it is actually a rather benign substance when dosed correctly [1].

[1] https://hilaryagro.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/alright-lets-tal...

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