boothy wrote:
out of interest do you think ketamine use will cause some long-term problems we don’t know about and turn out to be much more dangerous than previously thought?
i’ve got a funny feeling it might…
look at it this way
my day job is as an IT manager for a healthcare group, our clients are mostly older people from age 60 to 100+
Whilst I don’t actually “fix” people, I do look after the IT systems on which all their medical reports/data is stored so I do get to see a lot of data which says what sort of medical problems people have.
Old people, as you would expect, often have problems with their liver/kidneys, bladder etc to the point they often piss themselves or worse.
Many also have painful chronic medical conditions for which they require constant treatment and medication.
because of excessive ketamine use, people barely in their twenties are presenting to hospital with exactly the same medical problems that those in their 60s to 80s get.
Some of the symptoms diminish when people give up, but for others they do actually seem to have done permanent damage to their genitourinary system (these sorts of cases are only now coming to light as heavy K use has only been popular for the last 5-7 years).
It is actually very worrying as it is not only creating pain to the people involved but a big burden on the NHS and in the current climate will only lead to a backlash and more anger and prohibition rather than tolerance.
