Young Child Sums Up Modern Life

LOL!  I love it when he says “is this gonna be forever”?

I think that kid is coming down from a ketamine trip.   Ketamine is given to children (and animals) undergoing surgery because it is thought to be safer than other anesthetics that depress breathing.  I’ve always been amazed that docs would give such a strong hallucinogen to kids.  I haven’t had the guts to try it myself.  

 

WHAT IS KETAMINE?

   * Ketamine hydrochloride (“Special K” or “K”) was originally created for use as a human anaesthetic, and is still used as a general anaesthetic for children, persons of poor health, and in veterinary medicine.

   * Ketamine belongs to a class of drugs called “dissociative anaesthetics,” which separate perception from sensation. Other drugs in this category include PCP, DXM and nitrous oxide (laughing gas).

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS?

   * At lower doses it has a mild, dreamy feeling similar to nitrous oxide. Users report feeling floaty and slightly outside their body. Numbness in the extremities is also common.

   * Higher doses produce a hallucinogenic (trippy) effect, and may cause the user to feel very far away from their body.

   * This experience is often referred to as entering a “K-hole” and has been compared to a near death experience with sensations of rising above one’s body. Many users find the experience spiritually significant, while others find it frightening.