Andrew Huberman· PhD
ketamine is actually a n methodaspartate receptor blocker nmda receptor blocker that shouldn't mean anything to most of you but it is a dissociative anesthetic not unlike PCP what used to be called angel dust on the street ketamine is being used as a treatment for depression it is currently legal so unlike psilocybin and LSD which are granted breakthrough status for the study of depression but are not yet legal they are still illegal and of course as I mentioned earlier MDMA has breakthrough status but is still illegal ketamine is being used for the treatment of depression and it does so as its name suggests a dissociative anesthetic by creating a sense of dissociation from emotions