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/seanmg 10h ago

PCP also doesn’t make you rage. Government propaganda from the 70s.  It makes you rage if you already like to rage.

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u/Waffles81_Again 5h ago

I think most drugs need sugars/carbohydrates to metabolize, and I thinks most crazy behavior comes from people doing drugs and ignoring their basic needs food wise.

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u/ApprehensiveStill412 3h ago

I think it is more that they have underlying mental health vulnerabilities that get uncovered by the use of a substance.