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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by smabie on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:17AM (#24249982)
Are you experienced with drugs? Because most of my friends think ketamine is one the greatest drugs you can do. It would have probably a lot more fun if you were in a comfortable place, like your house, hanging out with your gf or something.

Some of the most chill and relaxed moments of my entire life have been on ketamine. I only do it occasionally because of the nasty chronic side-effects, though.

Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by ladberg on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:37AM (#24250067)
Nope, not experienced and don't plan to be. I totally believe it could be a nice experience in a different setting, but I doubt that experiencing it in the hospital or mid-arrest would ever be enjoyable.
Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by geofft on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:21AM (#24249994)
Do your friends generally take drugs involuntarily and without informed awareness of the effects and without a trusted trip sitter the first time they do something new and with associated negative circumstances (like a broken bone or an arrest)?
Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by aaron_m04 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:29AM (#24250029)
That's GP's point I think: the context of the experience makes all the difference.
Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by geofft on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:46AM (#24250109)
Ah, the comment was edited after I replied, oops. Yes.

(Though I don't believe whether it's enjoyable in the right setting has much to do with whether cops should be using it. I get that this is a defense of ketamine as a recreational drug, but e.g. alcohol would probably be un-fun if the first time you experienced it was at a high dose during either surgery or an arrest, and that one's widely accepted as a reasonable recreational drug.)