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Now today, you might have seen ads for ketamine on social media.

And if you're like me, you're thinking, isn't that a horse tranquilizer that Raver Kids used back in the 90s?

And while that's true, ketamine is actually doing a lot of work helping people with depression, chronic pain, PTSD, and other

ailments, both physical and psychological, that are resistant to other kinds of treatments.

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