Ketamine as an essential medicine
- Polly Taylor, Professor David Nutt and more
- Mar 3, 2016
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Updated: Apr 9, 2024

Authors:
Polly Taylor, David Nutt, Val Curran, Rudi Fortson, and Graeme Henderson
Published:
March 11, 2016
A letter to The Lancet endorsing the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence’s conclusion that concerns over recreational ketamine abuse in no way outweigh ketamine’s role as a life-saving anasthetic and essential medicine.
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