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Self medicating drugs with high abuse potential is very risky. Having tightly controlled doses, intervals between doses, settings for administering the doses c

Self medicating drugs with high abuse potential is very risky. Having tightly controlled doses, intervals between doses, settings for administering the doses can offset much of the abuse and addiction potential.

smabie 5y ago
While I have known a couple of people who've gotten addicted to ketamine to their detriment, the vast majority of users have no such problems. Like everything else in life, upsides have to be weighed with the downsides. For people who can't afford clinical ketamine treatment and are depressed, I don't see anything wrong with just buying some ketamine on the black market.
- splithalf 5y ago
  The same can and often has been said of cocaine. Not that the two are the same, but everything you said is the same, vast majority have no problems, it’s great, you’ll love it etc....
  - smabie 5y ago
    I mean, honestly haven't met that many people who've had a problem with cocaine either. Opiates on the other hand, that's a different story.
cies 5y ago
Do you have a source on this? I dont believe we'd have any more addicts when we'd go with total legalization. Portugal is a great example (albeit they did not legalize but decriminalize). This fear mongering on "freedom to use what every you like" should stop. It serves no purpose but keeping prisons full and street drug in bad quality. Why would we want to pay so much tax for that? Every politician who claims to be in favor of "freedom", but cannot deal with the freedom to use what ever you like is a fraud.
TulliusCicero 5y ago
> Self medicating drugs with high abuse potential is very risky. Granted, but is it more or less risky for a person to remain severely depressed, if regular medications don't work?
- aidenn0 5y ago
  People recovering from a major depressive episode are at a very high risk of suicide. People who are currently depressed are usually insufficiently motivated to kill themselves. If we think ketamine therapy will soon be covered by insurance it may be lower risk to wait.
  - TulliusCicero 5y ago
    Okay, but one of those is a transition phase and the other is steady state. Anyway, do you have a source for that?

smabie 5y ago

While I have known a couple of people who've gotten addicted to ketamine to their detriment, the vast majority of users have no such problems. Like everything else in life, upsides have to be weighed with the downsides. For people who can't afford clinical ketamine treatment and are depressed, I don't see anything wrong with just buying some ketamine on the black market.

splithalf 5y ago
The same can and often has been said of cocaine. Not that the two are the same, but everything you said is the same, vast majority have no problems, it’s great, you’ll love it etc....
- smabie 5y ago
  I mean, honestly haven't met that many people who've had a problem with cocaine either. Opiates on the other hand, that's a different story.

cies 5y ago

Do you have a source on this? I dont believe we'd have any more addicts when we'd go with total legalization. Portugal is a great example (albeit they did not legalize but decriminalize). This fear mongering on "freedom to use what every you like" should stop. It serves no purpose but keeping prisons full and street drug in bad quality. Why would we want to pay so much tax for that? Every politician who claims to be in favor of "freedom", but cannot deal with the freedom to use what ever you like is a fraud.

TulliusCicero 5y ago

> Self medicating drugs with high abuse potential is very risky. Granted, but is it more or less risky for a person to remain severely depressed, if regular medications don't work?

aidenn0 5y ago
People recovering from a major depressive episode are at a very high risk of suicide. People who are currently depressed are usually insufficiently motivated to kill themselves. If we think ketamine therapy will soon be covered by insurance it may be lower risk to wait.
- TulliusCicero 5y ago
  Okay, but one of those is a transition phase and the other is steady state. Anyway, do you have a source for that?