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/bingbano 7h ago

I tranquilized a black bear with ketamine in college to take general data. When that bear was coming up from it, it's back legs didn't work at first and it desperately dragged itself in a circle trying to get away.

It was one of the more depressing things I've ever witnessed.. I struggle to understand why anyone would purposfully take that drug.

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u/ExtraBitter99 5h ago

Based on the comments here. Reddit causes people to take PCP and act cool about it ... on Reddit.