http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/terror_threats_getting_you_down_ketamine_may_be_you Comments for "Terror threats getting you down? Ketamine may be for you!" en http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/terror_threats_getting_you_down_ketamine_may_be_you <p>See, clubland's popular wisdom strikes again. Apparently <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9696-ketamine-relieves-depression-within-hours.html" target="_blank">boffins have confirmed</a> that Ketamine, which the moral panic whipping Cassandras of the anti-drugs world denounce loudly as "horse tranquilizer", can relieve the symptoms of depression within minutes or hours, rather than the days and weeks that current anti-depressant drugs can take.</p> <p>The relief from symptoms can apparently also last a whole week, so one dose (probably on a Saturday night during a particularly manic episode brought on by bad music and the proximity of smelly lumps jiggling bottles of alco-pop at you) will last all week.</p> <p>But, they say "the drug&#8217;s hallucinogenic side effects mean it is unlikely to be prescribed to patients". Oh. Why bother? It's enough to make one depressed all over again.</p> <p>My advice...buy a small share in a racehorse and get to know the vet.</p> <p>Whatever next? MDMA relieving the pressure of social situations for the chronically shy? Home Office staff handing out Soma with passports? You never know.<br /><!-- technorati tags start --><br /> <p style="text-align:right;font-size:10px;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/drugs laws" rel="tag">drugs laws</a></p> <p><!-- technorati tags end --></p> http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/terror_threats_getting_you_down_ketamine_may_be_you#comments miscellany Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:45:35 +0000 Jock 169 at http://www.jockcoats.org.uk