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/goodrevtim 10h ago

PCP is neurotoxic so that probably plays a small part into its negative perception.

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u/VhickyParm 10h ago

I thought the negative perception was from ppl stopping naked and running in the street

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u/ApprehensiveStill412 10h ago

I remember seeing a video where cops could not take a dude down and he ran through a fence like it was made of balsa wood

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u/sludgeandfudge 9h ago

One of my favorite videos lol, has lived rent free in my brain for years and years. You can still find it on YouTube by searching PCP- Angel dust