Background
Club drugs have infiltrated the lives of teens and young adults, causing devastating effects for its users. Club drugs are a group of diverse ingredients that cause a wide variety of effects such as unconsciousness, paranoia, hallucination, and in rare cases even death. Examples of club drugs are ‘GHB’, ‘Ecstasy’ and ‘Ketamine’. The drugs are prominent seen at raves. Raves are "underground" dance parties that include DJ's and drugs being the main guest at this event. They are commonly hosted in discrete locations such as warehouses, abandoned buildings which are not easily accessible to law enforcement. Club drugs not only exist in clubs and raves, but also on some college campuses; these drugs may right now be on your campus …show more content…
‘Ketamine’ developed as a derivative of “Phencyclidine (PCP)”, which is a dissociative drug, (Ibid) 8. In 1964, it was discovered that Ketamine produces minor hallucinogenic side effects and had a shorter duration with fewer effects than PCP, (Ibid)9. This discovery was found by performing testing on humans being. Hallucinogens affect the mind's perceptions, causing unpredictable behavior, and severe, sensory disturbances that place users at risk of serious injuries or death, (Ibid)10. Understanding, this drug was design (human) medically to fight off depression. What is the trade-off to society and Ketamine? Seemingly, with this knowledge known about the drug, one would surmise that going forward with severe reservations, extreme caution guide, or needed base benefit to society and/or …show more content…
As I learned in class, depression can lead to drug abuse, increase in alcohol consumption and a number of other harmful solutions. Despite, Ketamine‘s illicit drug use reputation. The number of doctors who offer Ketamine therapy and the number of recipients are increasing. An example is a (Yale University) 18 report stating, “Each patient receives 4 infusions of ketamine (twice weekly for two weeks); this overlays with intensive CBT (sessions twice weekly). After completing 4 ketamine infusions, patients continue with CBT for up to 8 weeks (10 total weeks). Patients also receive cognitive testing to explore the relationship between ketamine and cognition.” (Yale 2016)19 CBT stands for cognitive behavioral therapy. While research is still being done on Ketamine, there is research to suggest that this method does have some positive effects on depression patients. Still, Ketamine has moved offshore, cross-oceans and borders to find new markets’ opportunities. However, entry into other countries Ketamine find itself regulated to some schedule with a note of caution.
Ketamine.com also reports, “recent history of Ketamine restrictions were in 2002, Taiwan classified Ketamine as a Schedule III drug after its rise in East Asia. In 2006, Ketamine was labeled a Class C Drug in the United Kingdom, and in Canada; it has been classified as a Schedule I Narcotic since 2005,” (Ketamine–History)20. Still, the side
Club drugs have infiltrated the lives of teens and young adults, causing devastating effects for its users. Club drugs are a group of diverse ingredients that cause a wide variety of effects such as unconsciousness, paranoia, hallucination, and in rare cases even death. Examples of club drugs are ‘GHB’, ‘Ecstasy’ and ‘Ketamine’. The drugs are prominent seen at raves. Raves are "underground" dance parties that include DJ's and drugs being the main guest at this event. They are commonly hosted in discrete locations such as warehouses, abandoned buildings which are not easily accessible to law enforcement. Club drugs not only exist in clubs and raves, but also on some college campuses; these drugs may right now be on your campus …show more content…
‘Ketamine’ developed as a derivative of “Phencyclidine (PCP)”, which is a dissociative drug, (Ibid) 8. In 1964, it was discovered that Ketamine produces minor hallucinogenic side effects and had a shorter duration with fewer effects than PCP, (Ibid)9. This discovery was found by performing testing on humans being. Hallucinogens affect the mind's perceptions, causing unpredictable behavior, and severe, sensory disturbances that place users at risk of serious injuries or death, (Ibid)10. Understanding, this drug was design (human) medically to fight off depression. What is the trade-off to society and Ketamine? Seemingly, with this knowledge known about the drug, one would surmise that going forward with severe reservations, extreme caution guide, or needed base benefit to society and/or …show more content…
As I learned in class, depression can lead to drug abuse, increase in alcohol consumption and a number of other harmful solutions. Despite, Ketamine‘s illicit drug use reputation. The number of doctors who offer Ketamine therapy and the number of recipients are increasing. An example is a (Yale University) 18 report stating, “Each patient receives 4 infusions of ketamine (twice weekly for two weeks); this overlays with intensive CBT (sessions twice weekly). After completing 4 ketamine infusions, patients continue with CBT for up to 8 weeks (10 total weeks). Patients also receive cognitive testing to explore the relationship between ketamine and cognition.” (Yale 2016)19 CBT stands for cognitive behavioral therapy. While research is still being done on Ketamine, there is research to suggest that this method does have some positive effects on depression patients. Still, Ketamine has moved offshore, cross-oceans and borders to find new markets’ opportunities. However, entry into other countries Ketamine find itself regulated to some schedule with a note of caution.
Ketamine.com also reports, “recent history of Ketamine restrictions were in 2002, Taiwan classified Ketamine as a Schedule III drug after its rise in East Asia. In 2006, Ketamine was labeled a Class C Drug in the United Kingdom, and in Canada; it has been classified as a Schedule I Narcotic since 2005,” (Ketamine–History)20. Still, the side