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Psychedelic spirituality: Ketamine and the future of mental health

Life Examined

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Academine, a Dissociative Anaesthetic

Academine is an anaesthetic that dissociates the outside, or external input, from what your brain is processing. It looked good inthe inclinical trials, and it was approved a and entered the market in as an anaesthetic in early seventies. The drug quickly started getting used by medics to put individuals under very quickly for minor procedures. And it was also discovered then that it also has anti pain and potentially mood enhancing effects as well.

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