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Schedule III. Of course, there are studies on cannabis/psilocybin, which are both schedule I. It's still a terrible and terrifying drug for subduing people.
by stochastic_monk 8y ago
Schedule III. Of course, there are studies on cannabis/psilocybin, which are both schedule I.
It's still a terrible and terrifying drug for subduing people.
- drb91 8y agoI’m not terribly familiar with ketamine. Thorazine is often used for this purpose, as an injection, a gas, or a pill. How does it compare in how it affects the target? I’m emphatically not in favor of police using this except as an alternative to other types of violence, but sedation is useful in other contexts.
- stochastic_monk 8y agoThorazine is an antipsychotic, for schizophrenia, stimulant overdoses, and stuff like PCP. Ketamine is more of a dissociative; it's a little like long-lasting injectable nitrous oxide. It causes hallucinations, but more like a loss of connection from reality than seeing things that aren't there.
- JshWright 8y ago> It's still a terrible and terrifying drug for subduing people. It is commonly use for procedural sedation (i.e. sedating someone so you can reduce a joint dislocation).
- stochastic_monk 8y agoRight, but when is using procedural sedation on unconsenting suspects acceptable?
- JshWright 8y agoWhen they pose a threat to themselves or others.
- stochastic_monk 8y agoThat’s fair. I just don’t trust police to be good judges of that. We can’t even get them to stop obstructing investigations by turning off their body cameras.
- JshWright 8y agoSure, but that doesn't make it "terrible and terrifying". It is literally life saving in certain circumstances.