Ketamine’s Journey From Club Drug to Promising Depression Treatment

Ketamine’s journey from club drug to promising anxiety treatment

Gregory, a Black gay man from Virginia, remembers the first time clearly, even if the details have the soft blur that good nights tend to acquire over time. He was 18 or 19, at an after-party, surrounded by grown adults with careers and lives. Someone was sitting at a table. Would you like some? A little white powder, a little white line. He said yes. He felt a pleasant buzz while everyone else was dissolving into the floor. "I realized whatever…

Ketamine’s journey from club drug to promising depression treatment

Gregory, a Black gay man from Virginia, clearly remembers the first time. He was 18 or 19, at an after-party, surrounded by grown adults with careers and lives. Someone was sitting at a table. Would you like some? A little white powder, a little white line. He said yes. Gregory felt a pleasant buzz while everyone else was dissolving into the floor. “I realized whatever it is, we did the same thing, but it affects me differently,” he says now, at…