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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by londons_explore on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:39AM (#37845000)
Maybe I'm just unlucky, but I have met 4 vets now, all in different walks of life (yoga class, my rock climbing buddies, an ex-colleague who did a career change, and a cousin), and all of them have at least experimented with animal drugs...

Hard to believe it isn't widespread in the industry.

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by jihiggins on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:09AM (#37845447)
maybe it's because people who have access to ketamine tend to be more likely to try ketamine? it's not that surprising that some people will take advantage of access to "free" party drugs.

also, ketamine has been shown to help with depression. could be that people are self-medicating.

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by tokai on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:12AM (#37845493)
I'm guessing from your name that you are in the UK? That would explain why your experience doesn't map to other countries, as UK has a huge crisis of ketamine abuse.
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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by sjsdaiuasgdia on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:18AM (#37845579)
You replied to a post about why vets choose to be vets with "most of them like the fact they get unsupervised access to the drug cabinet and they love the ketamine.."

When challenged, you mention 4 vets you know. You say they've all at least experimented with animal drugs. What portion of the 4 said that was a reason for them to become vets? What portion did more than "at least experiment"? Do either of those represent a majority share of your sample? TBH, I think you would have phrased it differently if they did...

What is it about this small sample which is still influenced by your location, social class, education, etc that makes it representative of all vets?

Just wanted to note the wide gulf between your original reply and where you retreated.

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by RationPhantoms on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @12:58PM (#37847040)
Guess you've never met anyone in finance, huh?
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