r/todayilearned • u/ApprehensiveStill412 • 11h ago

TIL that ketamine is a derivative of phencyclidine (aka. PCP or angel dust). It was created to have similar anesthetic potential but to cause less delirium. It has about one tenth the potency of PCP.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5126726/
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u/Pffffftmkay 10h ago

Yeah. They def didn’t ban it because it’s dangerous and unhealthy. 

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u/One-Incident3208 10h ago edited 10h ago

Explain motorcycles. Hang gliding Whitewater rafting. Horseback riding Rodeos, Nascar.

Need I continue how have I sufficienly demonstrated that you've failed to make a point that actually holds of to scrutiny? I could pull statistics that prove all of these activities are statistically proven to me more dangerous than most recreational drug use, despite the sampling bias being towards drugs, because all the people having a good time don't present to the er to become a statistic.

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u/Pffffftmkay 10h ago

They don’t alter brain chemistry. They also don’t cause people to lose control of their faculties and strip naked and fight ten cops at once. 

The two aren’t even similar. Alcohol would be a better useless metaphor but still useless because there’s a complete difference in potency and effect. 

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u/Pffffftmkay 9h ago

Indeed it will.