I am not a physician but I teach an undergraduate psychopharmacology class. I teach that PCP (angel dust) and ketamine share a common mechanism. I find it remarkable that law enforcement would administer a drug in the same family as one often blamed for outrageous and unpredictable behavior necessitating overwhelming force (e.g. when suspects are “dusted”). Ketamine and PCP act as anesthetics rendering restraint techniques taught to law enforcement useless, and can also induce a state resembling psychosis. Although it is used as a veterinary anesthetic, is this really used medically a first line drug for sedating suspected criminals? Why?
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Ketamine and PCP share the same mechanism
I am not a physician but I teach an undergraduate psychopharmacology class. I teach that PCP (angel dust) and ketamine share a common mechanism. I find it remarkable that law enforcement would administer a drug in the same family as one often blamed for outrageous and unpredictable behavior necessitating overwhelming force (e.g. when suspects are “dusted”). Ketamine and PCP act as anesthetics rendering restraint techniques taught to law enforcement useless, and can also induce a state resembling psychosis. Although it is used as a veterinary anesthetic, is this really used medically a first line drug for sedating suspected criminals? Why?
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