Jack Curran became addicted to the party drug ketamine, which he started experimenting with at age 16. Within a few years, it ...

A single low dose of the anesthetic ketamine restored the ability to enjoy sweet treats and social contact in mice that had ...

Two young women speak to the BBC about why ketamine has become such a popular drug.

Roughly one in ten Americans suffers from major depressive disorder (MDD) at any given time. In total, up to 20 percent of ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have delivered a significant blow to drug traffickers, seizing a staggering ...

Among the vetoes rolled out with just hours to go before the next fiscal year begins at midnight: $300,000 for a study of the ...

The first time Barney Casserly used ketamine at a UK music festival he thought he had found "nirvana". Five years later he ...

Ketamine is an injectable, short-acting dissociative anesthetic that can have hallucinogenic effects at certain doses. It distorts perceptions of sight and sound and makes users feel detached from ...

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. It binds to the NDMA receptors and is essentially a “stop ...

Enhanced ERK activity extends ketamine’s antidepressant effects by augmenting synaptic plasticity. Science, 2025; 388 (6747): 646 DOI: 10.1126/science.abb6748 ...

Sold as a grainy white or light brown powder, recreational ketamine use is said to induce temporary feelings of relaxation and disassociation. However, experts warn that its long-term effects can be ...

Amid his newfound role as unelected government wrecker, Elon Musk's use of the powerful tranquilizer ketamine is once again in the press. Back in 2010, English psychopharmacology researcher Celia ...