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Ketamine as an essential medicine


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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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