The first time I took ketamine, I walked straight into a sliding glass door at a house party and broke my nose. It was October 2010, and I was a 16-year-old chasing the kind of Friday night oblivion ...

You’re gearing up for the music festival season and considering your options – which artists you’re keen to see, who’s going, what outfits you need, how you’ll get there and perhaps what substances ...

Recreational ketamine use has increased in the United States in recent years, outpacing its rise as a treatment for depression, a new analysis suggests. The hallucinogenic drug — a controlled ...

Increasing numbers of ketamine users are asking if they may be addicted to ketamine. The answer often is yes. We don’t yet know how widespread ketamine use disorder (KUD) is. Still, the internet is ...

The tragic early death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry from a ketamine overdose in 2023 has swung a spotlight on the dangers of unsupervised use of the potent anesthetic. Now, America's leading group ...

Franz Lao had a few quiet hours at work so he left the office to take some meth and drink some G. When he returned to the office later to present at a 6 p.m. corporate board meeting, he was high, but ...

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A recent British Medical Journal (BMJ) editorial reported that non-prescribed ketamine use in the UK has significantly increased, with more than 3,600 individuals starting treatment for ketamine ...

Celebrities like Matthew Perry, Chrissy Teigen and others have been open about using ketamine infusion therapy to help treat mental health conditions. According to the United States Drug Enforcement ...

Due in part to recent reports about Matthew Perry and Elon Musk, ketamine seems to be taking up more and more space in the conversation about substance abuse. But despite its recent spike in ...

Some evidence suggests ketamine may help reduce withdrawal symptoms and may promote neuroplasticity, but controversy exists on whether the risks of ketamine outweigh its potential benefits. Ketamine ...

The off-label use of ketamine to treat chronic pain is not supported by scientific evidence, a new Cochrane review has found The off-label use of ketamine to treat chronic pain is not supported by ...