George is now in recovery after a decade of addiction to ketamine. "I used to go to festivals and it was a cheap drug to get," he said. " I started using it socially but then I started using it ...
According to a new study, ketamine use has risen significantly since 2015. The results highlight the need for closer monitoring of recreational ketamine use.
Ketamine, a hallucinogenic drug approved as an anesthetic, has been used to treat adults with depression, PTSD and other conditions, and studied in youth with depression.