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I had a daily ketamine/cocaine and alcohol addiction that was wrecking my life. I got sober at the Providence Project treatment centre shown in this video - I will be 3 years sober in a few weeks and owe my life to that place 🙏
@@tessab9374 late to reply but damn is that true…. Even some of the least intelligent of my friends are at least self reliant bc of staying away from the bad influences.. Some people think it’s cool to be smart without trying, as if they’re in Good Will Hunting. That was me in highschool… I took all the AP courses for college credit, and scored a 33 on the ACT. Was never a drinker so I gravitated towards pot. People who sold pot back in college weren’t just always nice hippies, but dealers of any drug.. I believe pot, which I enjoy regularly, is/was a gateway drug bc an illegal market introduces harder drugs more easily. Pot itself isn’t, but when it was illegal and more criminal charges, the chances of trying something else is high 4 years sober from opiates
Lived in a house with ketamine addicts. Hearing them screaming and crying as they peed was a horrifying reality. I couldn't believe the amount of pain they were willing to go through to get high.
Here in the US we have a "drag-kid" named "Desmond is Amazing" who at 12yo bragged on video about snorting K with drag queens. I'm sure that will cause no long-term brain damage at all.
@@WorldlyBudget I know the EXACT kid you are talking about. He was also in live streams with the now deceased (thank god) 'club kid murderer" Michael Alig. Imagine leaving your child or even allowing him in the same room with that monster!!? In the livestream, with Desmond and Michael and one other adult male (no parents visible), was a painted piece of "art" behind them. It was a little kid playing and the word ROHYPNOL in big letters behind the child playing in the art piece. Sick.
@@MonstrousChamp dang. Ya. I'm sure I wasn't the only person to live in a house like that. We went from being total potheads that like psychedelics from time to time And then my roommates/besties decided to become complete kitten (ketamine) addicts. I tried it a couple times. Not my thing. At all. But ya, mornings were hell because the first pee of the day was particularly brutal for them. I'd beg them to stop. They just couldn't. Far as I know (I moved on) they've all got colostomy bags, ones passed away. He injected it and it killed him. The rest are a mess of problems. Sucks. It was the coolest house ever. Coolest people ever. Turntables video games, bbqs all the time. Everyone wanted to come hang. A constant flow of cool people. Then the k happened And it all went downhill. Once the turntables were pawned for more k.... I knew it was time to move on.
I love this interviewer. He has such an empathetic approach that seems to really help the subject of the documentary open up and speak freely. Every doc I’ve seen him in has been excellent.
Thank goodness he wasn’t forced to do a line at gun point this time around! #dedicatedtowork Love & Light from Miami Shores🦚 Stay safe mates🌎🙏🏼 Peace & Prayers for the people of Ukraine🇺🇦
@@iansaxby9264 Same with me, minus the shrooms. I haven't been brave enough to try psychedelics. I don't even need a full hand to count how many drugs I've tried, or even how many times I've done them.
i really like how impartial all of these documentaries always have been, never telling you what to do, never throwing any labels on users but just providing an unbiased and objective observation of the world of drugs and how it affects people and the body. been missing these vice.
@Boy Kulot Drugs aren’t bad if they’re used responsibly and in moderation. Everyone does drugs, it would be a pretty boring life if you were sober all the time.
@@hmalik5232 i disagree, drugs are bad you can’t use them in moderation because of tolarence buildup. you’ll eventually become an addic with drugs like k, cocaine, etc. the only one i belive can be moderated is marijuana
@@gabbyarevalo5825 coming from the netherlands.. being known of open marijuanas use, I can tell you its actually an addictive drug and in absolute numbers caysing the most drugs addicts of all drugs and comes right after smoking, alcolhol and gambling. Right now on our population of 17mil we have 70.000 known (under treatment) canabis addicts. Followed by 27000 coke, 14000 heroin, 11000 crack, 7000 speed, 3000 GHB.. and just 400 on xtc. Keta is not even in the numbers yet. Probably under other: 1100
I lost my partner to a K overdose a few years ago. He was an addict and started urinating blood. Shortly after that we met and he decided to be sober and I supported him on that journey. One night he was alone and decided to ball out like he did when he was frequently using like a couple Gs. He was found the next day in a hotel room. Man was sober for over a year only for one night to change it all. Everyday I think about him and everything he would have been by now. I knew his deepest darkest fears and to see those become a reality breaks my heart everyday. It only took one slip up.
Sorry for your loss. & Thanks for sharing. On another page: You need to overcome this thinking of the past and let go what was (and what maybe could have been). I know it is hard. Try a shrink or some guru or other type of teacher - that helps you focus on the present and (your) future. Maybe date someone (who doesnt do drugs). Good luck.
I used to have a ketamine addiction. I was hanging around a group that could see me getting worse. No one said anything about it until one New Years, I said I need to stop this year. I got laughed at and told I couldn’t do it. After completing the year sober from it I stuck up a middle finger to the group and I’m no longer part of it. I used to get cramps after a few pints or a bump, but now I haven’t touched it in nearly two years
that’s amazing!! i’m so proud of you! keep it up and i’m glad you found the strength to quit! you are so incredibly strong and i hope all good things flow your way!
There is no such thing as a ketamine addiction. You simply have an addictive personality. It's probably not your sole vice. Ketamine is out of your system quickly, and does not compel you to consume more. So you've managed to abuse a drug that is actually difficult to abuse. Congratulations. PS I know something about this, having been part of the NYC nightclub scene that popularized ketamine in the early 1990s.
This is sad. I take IV Ketamine medically for CPTSD and Depression with a doctor in Washington State and it honestly has changed my life for the better. Drugs have the ability to heal people but they can be equally as harmful, especially without medical supervision. I have experienced a plethora of horrible side effects from many different antidepressants, while on the flip side I receive medical marijuana which helps a ton with my pain, as well with my occasional Ketamine boosters every 9 months, so I know drugs aren’t all just black and white like some say they are, though that also doesn’t mean they can’t just as easily be abused and harmful. Hopefully one day the worlds governments will learn to focus more on studying, decriminalizing, and regulating substances rather than demonizing anyone who uses them. Maybe then there wouldn’t be things like “Ket Bladder” and drug cartels wouldn’t be able to distribute products cut with unknown often fatal adulterants all for a quick buck.
It's extremely expensive to get this treatment in the UK as opposed to the cheap price on the street here, typically £30 a gram, most will opt to self medicate and this often becomes abuse sadly, psychedelic therapy's have a long way to go in terms of cultural acceptability and accessibility
@@MonkoK14 and your BOTH right. The drug is on a huge uptick as researchers discover how safe it actually is and how beneficial it is for treating anxiety and depression. And it is VERY pricey but you can get on the black market for a fraction of the price.
Vice is really doing good work with these docs, the interviewer is always impartial and non judgemental about everyone that accepts to be part of these projects. Thank you Vice for showing this side of society without the unessesary stigma
Nothing impartial about title…the subjects are taking all sorts of drugs and alcohol….this isn’t about ketamine alone. “Pissing blood” is sensational and to say this is just about Ketamine is misleading.
It looked to be he did quite the opposite of what you said. Having fun with stones people, for a start. If that’s not being unprofessional, I don’t know what that is.
My wife broke her arm and in the ER they had to give her ketamine to reset the bone and cast her arm. She went out and came back after everything was done and the doctor said “how was your trip?” My wife responded with “absolutely terrible” doc said “alright that’s what I like to hear!!” Seeing this video makes that remark make sense!
Really Strange they gave her ket! So maaaaany other sedatives ! Unless ur wife is a horse. 😂 joking. But Normally we prescribe Midazolam for mild sedation.
@@forshitsandgiggles4292 hahaha it’s actually very funny you say that because she worked medically with equine and knew of ketamine from that. And actually the reason she was in the hospital that night was due to a horse! 😂😂 so very ironic. But they gave her like a crap load of something else (I can’t remember what exactly) and said she wasn’t taking to it then turned to me and said “does your wife hold her alcohol well??” I then laughed out loud and said “nooo definitely not” then they gave her the ketamine and she was goneeee hahaha
@@forshitsandgiggles4292 i broke my arm aswell and i got ketamine so that they could readjust the bone without knocking me out. very weird experience, i felt like i forgot how to breath 😭😭
It’s a blessing to be on the other side of this video clean for 2 years after ruining my life for a long long time. I can honestly say that I’m glad that the time that I was getting high the drugs were still drugs and not whatever it is they are putting into this stuff now. I hope that everyone makes it out and can find a happier life with out needing to get high
As a veterinarian, we don't just use ketamine for horses, we use it for dogs, cats, small mammals it is a great anesthetic drug. There is a good chance that your animal has had ketamine.
It's interesting - a lot of people don't like it. Personally, it is my kryptonite. The only reason I don't touch it anymore is that it's too good, and I can't just buy a bag and keep it for an occasion, I'll just use it till it's gone. It only appeals to some people, but if you are one of those people it's got a fiendishly powerful hook in it. I still miss that awful, wonderful stuff.
I got ketamine IV in the ER for pain control and it k-holed me. I thought I died… I spent an eternity freaking out and everyone’s faces were terrifying and it was just repeating over and over. That experience alone has my anxiety peaked watching this video.
Ketamine is an interesting drug. At moderate doses it's a psychedelic. At high doses it's a tranquilizer. At low doses (less than 20mg per day) it's an anti-depressant used in drug-resistant therapy for depression. The studies out there about this now are fascinating.
Very well put. I genuinely think this video gives it a bad wrap. I've had some of the most beautiful experience on k. When you abuse any drug however, it will always let you know
@@mariannegibson90 Yeah the vid def felt sensationalized and the way they continually referred to it as a horse tranquilizer felt disingenuous. Like yeah it is but it has other uses. Dogs also take benadryl that doesn't mean it's not useful for humans.
@@thepandasdoitbetter he ain’t acting hard, he’s being honest and it is trippy af and can really change your mind, there are people in this same comment section saying how prescribed ket helped their depression.
@@fish9468 pfft he made his choice every time he tries to get serious he bangs out a line he doesnt wanna hear it or care the guy is just an addict and his ego still runs the show even tho hes taking vast quantities of a drug i consider to be very intro spective and healing
I am a recovering cocaine addict and it’s very similar. You don’t think you have an issue until you realise you’re staying up until 5AM and you need to be up at 6 for work. It just takes over your life and priorities. I’d be on my last 100£ with 3 weeks until payday and I’d spend every penny of that on coke I wouldn’t feel bad about it until I didn’t have enough to buy another bag. Addiction is ugly.
@@evandunkley292bro cocaine addiction and ket addiction has nothing to be compared. Used to be a cocaine heavy user, smoked it most of the time and ketamine is a fucking joke. You don’t have a real addiction for ket. Been a user since more than 10y and it doesn’t cross my mind until is weekend or when I want it. Cocaine is a different thing, if every day wasn’t with me I would have lost my mind.
Depression haunted my life from a very young age, and I was put on a bunch of SSRIs as a child in attempt to deal with it. None worked. Psychedelic mushrooms was brought to my attention. It was the first thing that actually had real effects. They should only be used with great care and respect. 0:19
I hear this is supposed to be good for people who have mental health issues. I actually just started the research process of microdosing and all that. Im to the point where I want shock treatment. 0:04
My addiction wasn’t ketamine but I’m glad that videos like this exist to show what can happen to someone when the drugs takeover and you’re no longer in control anymore, but that there is help out there for the people that need it. Works if you work it and I’m currently 2 1/2 months clean and going strong.
I was heavily involved in the Rave scene here in Toronto. My Ketamine addiction almost cost me my bladder & kidney to be removed. The specialist @ the hospital said i was insanely lucky, I quit all drugs in 11 years ago and never looked back. I can live somewhat of a normal life now but I have to take medication.. some of my friends didn't make it as lucky as myself
Idk why people use so many drugs at raves. I never do. And it's super fun without anything... People need to learn to tap into that love in a sober state
is the ketamine prevalent now in toronto? i know u said u quit all drugs 11 years ago, and i say to you: WELL DONE! for that. however being in the gta im always curious, for one reason or another, what is going on in the region. are the open air markets DT saturated with crystal M and Fent users/products. it used to be all crack and some pills/h in cabbagetown, or the shuter/gerrad and sherboune area. i spent some time in this area and st.lawerence market, not sure if u are familiar with that part of the city, but just walking down the sidewalk u would be asked by dealers if u wanted.
Brava to Matt for being so respectful, poised, and honest. His conversation with Jack was raw and dark, riddled with strong emotions and devastating fact. Im affected by what I just saw, its sorrow, guilt, and extreme fear. These episode keep getting better. Brilliant work.
Ketamine therapy is a treatment approach that uses low doses of ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic medication, to manage various mental health conditions, such as treatment-resistant depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
@@AnnaThompsonWilliamsreally get happy anytime I see people talking about dr jeffshrooom, he is the best All pure psychedelic and shrooms I get from him
After watching Vice´s drug documentaries it really solidiefies my stance in that drug dealers have absolutely no clue on what they are doing or on how drugs work.
great source of understanding on drug dealers. im sure the ones on vice are the best since they are showing everyone what they do. im sure those who dont say their business in front of cameras dont know what theyre doing
@@kukuV.3 u crush the crystal put a lil water onit microwave it and it turns to powder this is true, ket comes in liquid form a lot so u just microwave it if u aint injecting it
I love that this humanizes drug users. People on the outside looking in see them as irredeemable, and think they can simply snap out of the habit. But they are people with real issues trying to escape something and remove themselves from reality even if only for a moment.
Thats exactly what they are. The common think I ve seen through the years is that most of them are , children of very rich or very poor people. The rich work all day to get rich and sustain their self image and the poor work all day to survive. The outcome is , less time with kids = drugs.
Rich and "Poor" America does the smack. The Third World farms and dies for it. Blood drugs, blood dollars, blood gold, and blood diamonds. Fixed it for you. @@antoniskaloterakis7996
All of that is completely wrong. Drugs are part of reality, humans have always altered their consciousnes with various drugs. We're not escaping from anything, we're exploring more of the world. Nor is using drugs a "habit". You can habitually use something or you can occasionally use something, just like with any technology.
Trauma is something that is very common in drug addicts. Whatever that may be it is enough to haunt a person and they'll do anything especially drugs to escape that for whatever time the drug may last. I used to shoot heroin and everything else under the sun. I never was able to do k or get wet but it's on my bucket list. Moderation and understanding is very key to recreational drug use
I was a Ketamine addict while living in India (my pharmacist/chemist would sell me pharma vials of it for $5 USD a piece). The SINGLE MOST PAINFUL experience of my life was when I had K bladder. I'm a man and have a high pain tolerance BUT would sit crying on the toilet while pissing chunks of blood and eroded bladder matter. I still have anxiety and nightmares of this randomly occurring again even though I haven't touched Ketamine in over 3 years. It is an amazing psychedelic experience, BUT you can become addicted to the dimension travel and the K-hole itself. DO NOT MESS AROUND WITH IT. BE RESPONSIBLE IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE IT.
str8 fax im glad i never seized or piseed blood, during the deepest of my addiction did about a q in a week and wouldnt wish that on anyone it was torture in retrospect
Ketamine, lsd, dmt and psilocybin are amazing. I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with OCD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
I'm so very happy for you mate, Psilocybin is absolutely amazing, the way it shows you things, the way it teaches you things. I can not believe our world and our people shows less interest about it's helpfulness to humanity. It's love. The mushrooms heals people by showing the truth, it would be so beneficial for so many people, especially politicians and the rich who have lost their way and every other persons out there.
As a former K addict and someone who was sent to the Hospital due to Ketamine, this video hits hard and is such a good educational video about the drug itself thank you Vice.
Just adore these documentaries. So important to keep drug information readily available for everyone, especially in a digestible form. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Yes! I've never been the type to be interested in trying drugs, but I do find these vice documentaries a lot more interesting and impactful than any anti-drug assemblies we had in school. I also like that there's docs like these about drugs many young people consider 'safe' -- when I was in school what they taught us about was mostly weed, super hard drugs like heroin and meth, but not a lot about party drugs. I think that's a big reason why especially uni kids tend to think these are safer, not as addictive or whatever.
I didn't know about ket crystal problems. I've had kidney stones off and on my whole life, enough for me to stay away from ket. Agree these dox are excellent education. BTW, I'll be 72 end if this month, so lucky to have lasted so long without getting too seriously stuck on anything. May God bless and keep us all.
As a person in recovery for five years i can tell you being clean and sober is much easier than being an active drug user. People aren't created and meant to use drugs and you dont need drugs to feel right. That's part of these people's addictions the drugs make them think they need them to feel right when in reality nobody needs drugs to feel right.
I'm a marijuana smoker and after quitting several times over many years, I can say that I need it to have a normal life. I even sold my car so I don't have a car accident. I feel absolutely alright when I don't smoke, I just can't sleep. Some people have psychiatric issues and they just need to get high to function, maybe their neurons did not develop properly, maybe they had terrible problems as babies like rape and their brain is fucked up. But I understand what you're saying, anyone should try to stop drugs and find out. I have been on medication, risperdal, anti depressants, sleeping pills. Weed is much better for my health than these crappy chemicals.
@@-_-_415las drogas son malas, porque te vuelven esclavo, impiden el pensamiento crítico , favorecen la alienación al sistema, el secreto de la verdadera felicidad es la conciencia plena de la existencia. Filosofia pura....😊😊😊
@@MaliaPotter-o9e anda al psicologo para ver porque necesitas drogas para afrontar la vida, tal vez hay algo de tu vida que necesites cambiar y las drogas impiden que hagas el proseso mental necesesario para poder cambiarlo, tal vez en tu vida, las drogas, solo son la distraccion para no aceptar una realidad que te incomoda.
@@ThomasBurlsonassociated with the world’s four most popular psychedelic drugs. Ayahuasca, DMT, MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms can all take users through a wild mind-bending ride that can open up your senses and deepen your connection to the spirit world. Not all trips are created equal, though - if you’re sipping ayahuasca, your high could last a couple of hours. But if you’re consuming DMT, that buzz will last under than 20 minutes.
@@ThomasBurlson-m5rDMT to be used as a therapy tool to treat depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions, as well as aid with self-improvement and discovery. But studies of DMT are actually scarce, so it’s hard to know the full extent of its therapeutic benefits.
It’s refreshing to see the documentary not stigmatize the drug users. Even if it warns of the risks of ketamine, it does not degrade or insult the people involved… I’ve never been a drug user let alone addict, but I hope I can be as respectful and understanding as possible to those people.
My dad was given roughly 100mg of ketamine in total when he was in a motorcycle accident, his recounting of when he felt it enter his system was: “I felt like I was put on a rocket ship and sent into space”
Same. I was in a wild night club and part of my mind thought I was on an alien rocket ship. I went the restroom, and the flush of the urinals made me think people were flying/flushing out into space. Absolutely nuts.
I'm a musician and a band colleague started doing Ketamine and Coke regularly around one year ago. At the beginning it was like every third rehearsal and everbody was like "Yeah he got this under control" Now it's like multiple lines of K and coke everyday. It's spiraling out of control. Don't touch that stuff. You can't control it.
k is the only thing i cant keep in my drawer, any other drug acid x pills i can keep in my drawer for a month, k is immidiately all gone for me as fast as possible, happy to be off it for about a year, i thought i had good self control but that stuff takes away all my inhibitors
This report is the final push that opens my eyes. It's heartbreaking. I used to consciously take long breaks, but since the summer it has become more frequent and I have trivialized how I am slipping into an addiction. I have to pee more often now. Last weekend I was without it and I realized that I feel good and can have the states that I use ketamine for without it - creativity, openness and focus. Still, I bought it again when I wasn't feeling well. It's the seemingly easy way. And I don't want to demonize the drug, it has a lot of potential in the therapeutic field. But I want to stop lying to myself and 'treating' myself and believing I can only feel and make 'good' art extensively on ketamine. Please wish me strength. I send love, strength and success to all those affected and not affected. Thanks also to everyone who contributed to the report.
The cycle of addiction is one of the most powerfully depressing things. That man (Jack) is so sad, he's completely given up. He knows he's killing himself, but he literally can't do anything about it. Knowing you are beyond saving from a situation you ultimately chose to get yourself into has to be so sad.
It's only sad when one fights the choke chain. When one accepts, there's a melancholy relief. Not everyone has a choice to stop, or recover, or what have you. I had a choice, and I made good use of it. I believe that to do otherwise is to disrespect the sacrifice of those that had no choice. That thought keeps me sober when nothing else works, since 3/22/16.
Amazing video. Thanks for drawing attention to this vice! I was a ket addict between the ages of 17-18. I vividly remember staying at a friends house on the sofa one evening, and his dad walked into the living room just as I was doing my morning line. He didn’t say anything but I realised that day K had completely warped my perception of what was normal. I did about 2.5-3g a day and the cramps/bladder symptoms were unbearable. I’m over 3 years clean now from daily use (with a short relapse early this year unfortunately) but I have to express my life has changed immeasurably for the better. I definitely subscribe to the NA philosophy “once an addict, always an addict”. I know I could never trust myself to touch a drug in moderation again. I’ve quit drinking too for that very reason. If you’re someone looking for a reason to quit - please take my comment into consideration. When I was an addict I was sick, clinically depressed, suicidal, and barely coping with my job or relationship. Sober me is successful, works hard, has emotional capacity for when things go wrong, and can tackle struggles head on whilst also having Grace and patience with myself. ❤
@@darlenetroise7079 you're missing whats meant by that. It means the struggle of having to resist, of having to exercise that selfcontrol will never go away. it might become less as you grow, but once an addict, always an addict. you simply have to keep on going.
I really respect that they asked and made sure he wasn't just snorting a gram of ketamine for the camera. Multiple times. Genuine interviewer / cameramen
I had a close friend who I went to punk shows with and I remember when he went away to rehab for ketamine. It was heartbreaking. He's such a lovely human and watching him go from not sleeping or eating for days on end to now being over a year sober has been such an emotional thing. Im so so proud of him and im so glad he was strong enough to get sober.
As a medical professional it’s absolutely wild seeing someone insufflate 1000mg of ketamine in one sitting, I mean for someone 165lbs or 74kg were would push anywhere from 100-250mg depending on the person, other medications, etc but for the average 165lbs person a 150mg dose via IV would have you at surgical anesthsia levels 100% and within seconds usually less the 1 minute, so he is doing ten times that and just hanging out!!! But that goes to show you how significant drug tolerance can be, same with opioids. I’ve seen patients that would inject 160mg of OxyContin, that dose could kill several people without a opioid tolerance, however all this aside ketamine is really one of the safest dissociative anesthetics out there, preserves breathing reflex, mild increase in BP an bronchodilation
Not everything they show is real (they host fake chemists and drug users all the time). Also that 1000mg of "ketamine" if it is actually that might only be 49%-60% ketamine
Actually Sernyl (phencyclidine or PCP) was the first dissociative anesthetic and was chemically modified to be shorter acting for use in surgery. It was literally battle tested during the Vietnam war because it could safely anesthetize people in battle conditions. And for tachyphylaxis or tolerance, methamphetamine causes tolerance amazingly fast, especially smoking it apparently. Of course the psychedelics fit that description too....I remember that from personal experience. ;*[}
@@m.h8638 I have no clue about street level ketamine and if it’s often cut or not it’s more so speaking of the amazing tolerance a human body can build up to almost anything
As an older man that has used dope and mushrooms to escape the reality of my terrible childhood trauma I can say, "there is no escape". Instead it is through mindful practices, "what it is that you focus on" that allows you to make a truly rewarding life. It's not "what you get from life" but what you give to life that brings the real happiness. I've realised that judgement of others treatment towards you if other's are cruel or harmful towards you or of the negative narrative of life that is truly destructive to you. When you practice judgement or seek justice it's forms a cruel self judgement that debiltates you. More self hatred, therefore more self harm. Drugs actually stop you being able to use "your mind" THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVE from being useful to you. Unfortunately the world is so bad and people so unfair, cruel, vicious, predatory, and harmful. This is all learned behaviour, we feel like we have to protect ourselves from further harm. If you start to make a practice of finding the beauty and wonder in the moment I assure you you can become wonderful, beautiful, kind, and happy. Therefore creating in you, and those around you wonderful reality. John Edit: I'll add, have a look at abandonment theory, everyone ever knew used drugs and alcohol for escape had this commonality. I actually believe we all have the issue to some degree. I have, and the work I've done on it has been rewarding.
@@rainbowlover890 I have been fortunate to be exposed to wise successful people and grasp what I can from them. I am bound by the philosophy that sharing these gems is the most valuable asset we have. Henry Ford is qouted as saying, "both if you believe you can, or believe you can't, you are correct." The mind is powerful. Thank you
@@kayseidilla Well this is wonderful to hear. Check out dr Joe Dispenza and follow the algorithm. Reach out if you want more detailed tips that worked for me. You made my day. You are my brother indeed.
5:45 "And you dont get a comedown from it! The next day youre fine!" Which, unfortunately, was also almost the exact same thing my friend said 11 years ago. Rest in peace, brother. 😢
I escaped being sexually assaulted on ketamine by literally dragging myself out of the apartment, crawling to my car, and locking the doors until I sobered up enough to drive home and never tried it again after that. Be very careful about who you get inebriated with, please. Thank you.
I heard a story of a guy at an after-party at club in Buenos Aires where a stranger offered him a big line of K in the toilets there, he had it and then two big muscly games came in and tried to grab him, obviously to rape him. Thankfully K takes a few minutes to take hold after a line, so he still didn't feel the effect, quickly freed himself and got the hell out of there. But you are absolutely right, some bad individuals do use this stuff for awful stuff like this
I'm glad this was made. I can't stress enough how dangerous ketamine is for the bladder and kidneys. Ketamine is amazing, but is too easy to fall into casual use because it's such a fantastic drug. 10 years of use and you'll be painfully pissing 50 ml at a time. Believe me not worth it.
People just need to do their research. Too many people blindly abuse all drugs and this is where the issues come from. I always read up on everything before touching it so I knew what I was getting into.
Super eye opening. It got home hearing Amy talking about getting sober and finding someone to “have sober babies”. Very touching. I hope everyone on this documentary finds the light they need especially Jack. 💕
My ex was a regular addict to ket. Was really hard to me see him turning in a totally different person. I've never imagine the person he becomes.I was a regular addict too, but never in that way. Now, no one know where is he or what happen to him, and that's make me feel like, I maybe could have done something when we was dating. Drugs ruinned our lifes, but sometimesI still on that. I keep trying stayed clean.
I had a massive drug addiction when I was in University and spiralled to the point of a near-death experience via suicide twice. In my perspective it's a horrible experience, and I lost my flat mate to a ket overdose mixed with alcohol. She was in her closet in the room and a pathologist told us she had supposedly strangled herself trying to reach for more breath. I've been on the sober road since then and graduated couple years back, and I've lost 2 other friends to drug overdoses since. This is a very educational video that could potentially bring those back who've lost control with addiction. Thanks Vice!
I have a friend who he and his girl would go through quarter ounces of ketamine daily, I thought that was bad, but then I heard that guy talking about going through 25g in one sitting, just wow man...
So glad your covering this! Not many know about ketamine bladder. I had a friend who killed himself because of it, and obviously his mental health wasnt perfect.
"Drugs Inc." is such a cheesy, exploitative show, I thought it must be lying (or at least wildly exaggerating) the danger to the bladder. Apparently not. That photo of the guy's toilet full of blood made my skin crawl.
It’s really bad I got ketamine bladder 15 years ago and got horrible addicted to opiates and benzos to deal with the pain. Years later it’s finally getting a little better but still bad.
Man I hope he’s ok. You might think it crazy to keep using with seeing blood but that’s addiction. I understand it. I wish I never knew addiction but unfortunately I know it too well.
You are right. People with addictive behaviours need to be careful something doesn't get out of control, it doesn't have to be just one thing. It's being able to pull yourself back when you realise something has become a big problem. You live with that for life.
You can beat it. 60 days clean. Kicked cold turkey and it wasn't as bad as I'd made myself believe...it was bad, but not as bad as I treated my loved ones. I wanted to kick cold turkey so I'd remember why I never want to go down that road again.after being hooked on Fetty for 10 years, I never want that monkey on my back ever again...and I mean never. Take one day at a time and it gets easier by the day ....u can do it!
I could feel all the sadness in the one dude who was doing those big CK's 🥺 wishing for protection on this kind creative soul. You are still that creative and dope person without abusing your body. Much hope and well wishes to you Jack
I've done a lot of stuff in my life. Those lines of k made me cringe. Insane start to the day. Jack needs help poor guy stuck in that cycle. Wishing him well from afar.
@@FixedFace Wow, for someone who uses a religious icon profile picture, you're really coming off like a tool. Every comment you make is harsh and hateful. There's nothing worse than an ex-druggie who exhibits extreme heartlessness and lacks empathy. Seems to be quite common amongst the ones who allege to have achieved sobriety through religion. Funny, that. One would imagine that folks making that claim would exude love and contentment of spirit, you know...like the guy in your picture. I find that introspection periodically is useful.
I’m dealing with this now with two of my friends one Hass to get his prostate removed. The other one has to get her uterus removed. The next move is a bladder bag. They are finally listening to me. It’s so sad watching them almost die my friend right before she went into rehab was 87 pounds.
Im in remission for my addiction to opiates and ive seen a lot of similarities between opiate addicts and k addicts. The best advice I can give people is to just stay away from all of it. You dont ever want to get to a point where you no longer know how to live sober and itll eventually get like that. then youre trapped and it takes a hell of a lot of willpower and some plain old luck to get out, before some real damage is done.
K isn’t like opiates however and doesn’t have that craving . And K has also been proven to fight depression and other mental problems. K is a great drug but must be used responsibly . Only a few times a month MAX.
Congratulations man I myself was on the other side of the game I played a terrible role it that crap So many people that I knew are just not here anymore Something after 5 years out of the streets I still see them in my dreams 😔
You’ll always find similarities in addictions. Ketamine helped me get through the withdrawal symptoms of coming off of Suboxone. I did it through a clinic with a doctor that prescribed it, I wasn’t buying large amounts off the street corner.
Speed, coke and ecstacy were the majority of early 2000s for gen X, ket came about a little later and we dipped in but it's weird to see it take off like it has. It's not exactly a social drug which was pretty much the entire point of it all back then. Really hope the chap with the habit is doing better, my heart goes out to him.
I wonder if the rapid increase in K's popularity might be related to the Covid-19 pandemic and the several lockdowns. If you're the type of person who prefers to go clubbing or to a rave while high, not being able to do so might lead you to try out something different, a substance for which you don't need to be in a club in order to enjoy the high
I recall it being the new drug of choice in the 90's at (illegal) raves - I'm surprised everyone seems to think it became popular much later? Maybe it took a while to be available in clubs etc? I doubt that somehow
@@GK-ho9kv Yeah indeed, same for me. I remember it becoming really, really popular in the underground raving scene in the 90's, waaaaay before it is commonly said that it became popular. We used to call it "hippie crack", because we noticed that the majority of people using it frequently (and becoming addicted) were people in the psychedelic scene, especially in the trance and psytrance scene. They would often have dreadlocks and a very alternative way to view the world, society and their place in it (which is totally fine, I agree with that up to a point) so a large part of them that I saw back then, were all the same type of people. Makes sense though, since it's said to be a psychedelic experience of some kind
This Jack guy is a quintessence of addiction. Saying about "creativity", "widened perception", and "artistic skills", while babbling some doggerel. I had the same, fortunately with weed only so it was relatively easy for me to get out of this swamp.
Good on vice for adding an NA component to this doc. Ive been in the program for a year now and life has gotten infinitely better! It's really good to bring awareness to how to get better - rehab and meetings. 🙏
It seems like this generation is angry and wants to escape no matter where you travel. This is part of a larger trend of anger and discontentment with modern life. I don't like it but I appreciate the brutal honesty in this form of journalism.
There are many different reasons for the escapism that we love when we drink or take drugs, but I believe that a close family bond from birth would significantly reduce this culture and anger. Unfortunately with life today this is made extremely hard by the struggle for survival. Media normalising infidelity and sexualising women also helps create relationship break downs, single parents and despair.
I don’t see it as angry so much as carefree. Gen Z is young and like all young people, they feel invincible to some extent. These addicts are nowhere near rock bottom and many won’t see the consequences of what they’ve done for a long time.
My grandparents were young in the 60s my mum was young in the 80s I was young in the 00s we all done a boat load of drugs nothing changes it’s just what young people do they experiment
Thank you so much for this video. Ive begun experimenting with k a bit and it is quite honestly one of my favorite drugs by far, but with the knowledge ive gained from this video i think im too scared to pick it up as a habit. Thank god for the internet and it's ability to spread drug safety
Just do it at partys not when you wake up these dumb arses are hooking themselves with a non adictive drug becouse they want attention believe it or not
It’s still the safest drug around tho. Just don’t let any drug become a habit. I’m a regular user for 15y and I’m still fine. I never experienced any bladder issues. Just use it mindfully.
@@karovanhove8378 just don't use it. How would it be a big deal? Just don't use it, simple as that. Do you think that you will be less attractive, less equilibrate or less interesting because you don't do drugs. Quite the opposite. Just don't do it. It's useless. I mean, I can understand teenagers , they want to experiment new things etc...but as an adult no. It's so childish and meaningless.
Seeing that guy hooked on Ket, knowing he's dying, yet taking line after line was heart-breaking. I know it's hard bro... But please somehow seek help and get out of it. I hate to see you like this. Death seems sweet at this stage... But once you're on the other side, post-recovery I mean, the journey was well worth it. Wishing you all the best
Thank you for showing the addictive perspective of K, I’m so tired of hearing about the benefits constantly and never being warned about the dangers. I don’t like speaking about my addiction but if even one person reads this and decides to listen to my advice it will be worth it. I genuinely never believed I could become addicted to k or that it could harm me, I’ve learned the hard way and 5 years later I don’t know how to get out of the hole. Furthermore the support for k addicts in this country is awful, most doctors don’t understand the damage or addiction potential of the drug meaning I’ve been to hospital before with k cramps and they’ve told me it’s ‘anxiety’. overcome this addiction as I have spent the last few years telling myself that this will be the last bump only to relapse the next day. I’m lucky that I’ve avoided bladder issues until now but I know it’s only a matter of time. For me, the main reason I use k is to treat my mental illness, I feel in part let down by the system which has offered me no support with my personality disorder since I turned 18 except giving me some pills to take. I want to stop but I feel like I can’t because it’s all I have as a safety net against my mental illness, but it’s a self fulfilling prophecy as the k makes me more depressed long term. To anyone using recreationally who has started using alone, using every time they drink, spending more than they can afford on k, getting any type of pain from it or has started building up a huge tolerance where they need more than a g to get high- please stop before you get in too deep. If I’m not able to beat this I at least want to know I helped another other individual choose a better path for themselves. This addiction will cost you jobs, relationships even with family, it will lose you friends and the respect of your peers, it will have you rolling on the bathroom floor in agony and sat on the loo for hours unable to piss. You will start to forget things, you won’t remember whole periods of time, faces, people, you will question reality and your own perception of yourself. You will no longer gain pleasure from anything except the obtaining and using of k and even then you will realize one day the horrible truth that even the k doesn’t help you anymore, and by then its already too late. It’s like the most toxic relationship because you want to get out but you’re trapped and if you have even one moment of weakness you’re back with that person. K was there for me during breakups and deaths and divorces and it felt so safe and good and now it’s the root of my problems. I never have money to spend on nice things for myself I have to spend it all on k, I work so hard just to waste it all on drugs and feel horrible about it. I’m sure a lot of people are reading this thinking just quit then, and I hope that I find that strength, I am truly trying, but it is so tiring living in a brain that is constantly trying to hurt you. Sometimes I just don’t wanna carry on. To anyone suffering with this right now I don’t have the answer but you aren’t alone and if you’re just now starting to build a habit please please put the k down before you end up deep in the k hole. Peace and love x
Much love and I hope you will be able to overcome this. I don't usually comment on videos but you saying that it's tiring to live in a brain that is constantly trying to harm you got me wanting to stress one very important fact that might help you: we are not our brains, we are a mash up between body-brain-soul. If you find a way to control your brain, not the other way, you might be able to sort both your addiction and disorder. Work with your body and soul and the strength will come. I believe in you and I love you.
@@flupifinch8156 Thank you, that is very wise advice and I appreciate your belief in me. I think as a Psychologist I should learn to look outside of what is going on in my brain so your choice of words is very apt. And also very true, I do believe that we all have a soul and I also believe I mine has a lot of determination so I hope one day I can come back to this comment thread with positive news...if not, catch you on the flip side :-)
It good to have someone putting this information out there drugs can be ok but the lack of awareness of what it can do on a constant basis is whats dangerous .
I’m a urology RN, this is a real thing with urinary bladder damage, so very sad for the patients, they are very sorry they have done this to themselves. Unfortunately it is too late! The bladder is surgically removed and nephrostomy tubes are placed in the sides of your body at the level of the kidneys for you-to excrete the urine. Care of the tubes is complicated and the potential for infections is common!! Anyone doing this please please stop, if not you will regret it!!!
Got a veterinarian daughter. She is the record keeper for the dangerous fed-controlled meds. All locked up, and she won’t even mention them since folks might try to rob the clinic. Respect for all the vets out there…
Veterinarians have the highest suicide rate (or one of the highest suicide rates) of any professions. It's a strange issue, they don't get paid enough and they are subjected to some of the saddest things every single day. Watching animals come in sick until they're dead a few years later, and the cycle continues. Over and over and over again. And then you see how heartbroken the people are and in worst case scenarios the people probably even blame the vets even though it's truly not their fault most of the time.
12:16 Literally the prime example of a severe addiction. Sad that he’s so aware yet at the point where’s he’s done it for so long he doesn’t even try to stop anymore.
That line 😱 his nose is gonna collapse! Its really sad and i hope all the addicts get well im a former addict myself not ket, an I'm just 5 years clean an feel for all addicts, its living hell on Earth x
Thank you, Vice. I need video's like this to remind me why I'm sober. It's not worth trying just because you're curious so don't be fooled thinking it's harmless fun folks.
Macro vs Micro had success in doing a few Macro first . Allowing the mushrooms to blast you into self awareness , showing you the shadows and trauma that have been hiding under the rug . Micro dosing has helped me stay on the pulse of my shadow work , helping me remember my best self .
Microdosing makes me feel more human . I personally feel like microdosing increases my ADD for the day , but I may have to dial the dose down a little . The benefits outweigh the downsides
@@janeb.burrow2418I've talked to people who micro and macrodose to help with a TBIs . I'm told that it's easier to find words when talking , and it helps improve short term memory . I've also heard of it helping with hearing , where people who could no longer hear birds could hear them again .
@@rhysreid9302I have been getting my shrooms and I have got to try other psychedelic products from him too . Like for over a year now I have been getting from him
I grew up in LA around a lot of now deceased drug addicts who were self medicating for any number of reasons and none of them seemed to be happy while partying all of the time. Basically in these drug documentaries, all I see are a bunch of people dying slowly which unfortunately is their personal choice. Now I live in SF where fentanyl is in everything and groups of people are found dead from a bad batch on the daily. 😔
My ex partner died from ketamine use. It began with his bladder, which he had several surgeries to remove sections of, and eventually full organ failure. He was only 30 when he died.
When you always compare the amount of Ketamin to knock out a horse and what humans consume: There is a HUGE difference between intravenous injections and sniffing, for ketamine.
It's basically the difference between throwing bullets and shooting them. Sure, the thrown bullets will leave bruises, but it's the fired ones that get you.
For the example of the effect of ketamine on horses you Need to put in perspective that the horse had an intravenous application of 100% ketamine. The „Party-Ketamine“ isn‘t as clean as the medical one, moreover the nasal use is less stronger. So it’s Not the same when you sniff 1g of ket
I went to school with the guy at the beginning, he had amazing potential in life, WHAT A MUSICIAN may I add. Now to see him like this is painful, I just shows the effect of Ketamine and drugs as a whole. Myself and many others were the same for many years, abusing ketamine as it’s so accessible, cheap and easy to do. Dealers jump with joy when someone new gets hooked on their gear, as they know the user will come back everyday, buying more amounts every week. Archie was the nicest guy in the world and probably still is, the party scene, drug scene, mixed with this idea of “Freedom” has tainted his life and many others, thinking they can do it forever! Two people in the last 6 years have died from drug related incidents, just from my school, countless more have perished in the surrounding areas too. People need to be educated on drug use and addiction, until then the situation will stay rife.
So having a wild night out means you fucked up in life? I get that some people are hopelessly addicted like the guy pissing blood. But for all you know he's on the 9-5 grind and this is his way to unwind.
I live in the UK and am now 9 months sober & clean from being a huge cocaine & alcohol addict. Finally a good father, good husband & present in the moment for my childeren. I pray for people stuck in addiction and can highly recommend CA as a starting place whatever the drug or addiction 🙏🏼
Damn this is so sad seeing him basically dying slowly but the addiction has him gripped! When in uni I did try some of the substances mentioned in this video but wasn't into the whole sniffing unknown substances where you don't know what it contains and if it can cause severe damage 😓. Prays go out!
@@winstoningram99 Who are you trying to convince brother? You're saying this on multiple comments and its just not true, physical addiction is not the only type of addiction. Do you think the guy doing 2-3g a day of ket isn't addicted?
The reason that the horse was knocked out by 1.5 g of Ketamine is because it was injected directly into its bloodstream so the bioavailability (actual amount of drug that enters bloodstream) is 100%. Intranasal ketamine bioavailability is about 45-50% so when a person inhales 1 gram of ketamine, only about 450-500 mg are actually absorbed into the blood and this is the portion of the dose that generates the effects a person experiences. These numbers are only accurate if we assume that the ketamine being sold on the street is 100% pure, which it likely isn't so the actual dosage of ketamine a person gets is probably even lower.
Ketamine saved my life, a lifetime of severe depression and ptsd gone and I can live normally for the first time ever. It's been a miracle for me and I do mean that.
Absolutely hear you. IV Ketamine Treatment for severe Treatment Resistant Clinical Depression was/is a God-Send. An amazingly effective treatment via an exceedingly safe medication.
The disassociation from your current state of mind is key. Anything which allows you to disassociate from your body, or mind, for some time helps. It's not only drugs that accomplish this. Exercise accomplishes this. Activity accomplishes this. Now granted, if the trauma is severe enough, I doubt there's anything in the world that would provide long-term help. Something like seeing your parents get murdered in cold blood in front of your eyes, for example,
In truth I did Ketmaine almost daily for a couple years. Lived by myself and would do it after work, in the dark in silence. I saw everything from Hell itself to Heaven above and all levels in between. It was an amazing teacher. I haven't done it in years now.
Lol exactly. Always the low key lads drug of choice. Only drug you can float into another dimension on, come down and go to work the next day like nothing happened.
13:05- The epitome of someone who’s trapped in an altered state of consciousness, so much so that they believe their drug of choice is somehow a good thing. This guy puts his physical body, mental health, finances, prospects, family, friends and self respect in the bin every day for his drug. That is the power of addiction. He deserves so much more, as do we all ❤️
@@officialshinky Yeah like you are never going to die from smoking weed but it can change you in similar way that alcohol does. So when person is not high they are kind of sedated and can't think or talk properly. Recovery from this is probably difficult. Any drug if you want to use it needs to be done in moderation and you need to take into account what it does to your body and give your body time to recuperate between uses. Another good thing about waiting between uses is that highs and experience is way better especially the case with drugs that affect your brain chemistry. I personally don't enjoy any type of depressant(except alcohol here and there) or dissociative drug like ketamine for example and my drug of choice is uppers like speed and mdma so I can only use that stuff every 4-5 months minimum because it is hard on body, and luckily those drugs don't cause body addiction. As they say less is more.
yet to finish this but it hurts to see my friends heavily abuse drugs - for it to be so accessible and normalised too - and i hate to feel controlling/judgy, telling them they probably shouldn't do it so often, but it is their life. drawing the line is so difficult
i feel the exact same of you... All of my friends and my gf too are ket users (hopefully not abusers), but sometimes i feel like lost watching them always on ket like everry weekend...
I was a hardcore recreational user for about 4 months. The k-holes are like catatonic states with heavy visual trips. I got out because I knew I had a problem before the pissing blood part. I swear if someone told me hey you might piss blood from using this I never would of tried it.
One of the biggest things I find when I try to quit anything is that you all of a sudden have more time, time you would spend doing that thing but instead you do nothing. Which causes you to think “well why not? I’m bored”
Estos si son documentales de verdad. Adoro el trabajo que hace VICE en mostrarnos estas cosas desde un punto de vista neutral e imparcial, tal cual como son en la realidad.
I am 7 years clean off ket and coke. I am hoping that young man quits before it's too late. I can tell he's nearly at death's door and it's very sad to see. I felt the same way near the end of my using days. 💕 There is hope on the other side
im 17 and i live in bristol, and honest to god the ket problem is insane, i dont know anyone my age who hasn't done ket or had a close friend do ket, its literally everywhere
@@edunn73 yeah. i dont know about europe in general, but I know its a major problem in the uk thats only growing, ecstasy has been replaced by ket for most people, and it is especially bad in my city - ket capital! everyones doing it, and theyre all doing it younger.
Tried ket 1 time. The most intense high I've ever had, lost a few hours and tripped balls. I absolutely loved it. Never tried it again for the fear of becoming addicted to the high 😳
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I want to watch it in English but I can't
@@jacktheaviator4938 It is in English. Not sure what you mean
Muy bien! Puedo ahora enseyar mi amistables como las gente del "Mundo LIbre" pasar su "tiempo". Jajaja!
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I had a daily ketamine/cocaine and alcohol addiction that was wrecking my life. I got sober at the Providence Project treatment centre shown in this video - I will be 3 years sober in a few weeks and owe my life to that place 🙏
Well done! Thank god.
thats amazing! congrats dude
I need help can you help me
Keep it up. You got this.......
Well done, it's great to know you got the support. Keep growing ✨
I remember saying, _”Everyone uses drugs”_ while using them, and then I realized I only hung out with drug addicts
Thats a great statement. Because I don't 'know' any! (Close to me)
Your tribe becomes your vibe
Powerful statement
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1 gram that’s impressive
@@tessab9374 late to reply but damn is that true…. Even some of the least intelligent of my friends are at least self reliant bc of staying away from the bad influences..
Some people think it’s cool to be smart without trying, as if they’re in Good Will Hunting. That was me in highschool…
I took all the AP courses for college credit, and scored a 33 on the ACT.
Was never a drinker so I gravitated towards pot. People who sold pot back in college weren’t just always nice hippies, but dealers of any drug..
I believe pot, which I enjoy regularly, is/was a gateway drug bc an illegal market introduces harder drugs more easily. Pot itself isn’t, but when it was illegal and more criminal charges, the chances of trying something else is high
4 years sober from opiates
Lived in a house with ketamine addicts. Hearing them screaming and crying as they peed was a horrifying reality. I couldn't believe the amount of pain they were willing to go through to get high.
I've lived in that house and been one of those people. Not cool.
Short term reward wiring at its finest!
Here in the US we have a "drag-kid" named "Desmond is Amazing" who at 12yo bragged on video about snorting K with drag queens. I'm sure that will cause no long-term brain damage at all.
@@WorldlyBudget I know the EXACT kid you are talking about. He was also in live streams with the now deceased (thank god) 'club kid murderer" Michael Alig. Imagine leaving your child or even allowing him in the same room with that monster!!?
In the livestream, with Desmond and Michael and one other adult male (no parents visible), was a painted piece of "art" behind them. It was a little kid playing and the word ROHYPNOL in big letters behind the child playing in the art piece. Sick.
@@MonstrousChamp dang. Ya. I'm sure I wasn't the only person to live in a house like that. We went from being total potheads that like psychedelics from time to time And then my roommates/besties decided to become complete kitten (ketamine) addicts. I tried it a couple times. Not my thing. At all. But ya, mornings were hell because the first pee of the day was particularly brutal for them. I'd beg them to stop. They just couldn't. Far as I know (I moved on) they've all got colostomy bags, ones passed away. He injected it and it killed him. The rest are a mess of problems. Sucks. It was the coolest house ever. Coolest people ever. Turntables video games, bbqs all the time. Everyone wanted to come hang. A constant flow of cool people. Then the k happened
And it all went downhill. Once the turntables were pawned for more k.... I knew it was time to move on.
“It makes me more creative” as he sits in a dimly lit apartment and stares at the wall
You get super creative thoughts and always think you’re on the brink of something and then do absolutely nothing with it.
@@xanderchanning I tried ket recently and this is true. And probably the reasoning im not doing it again
@@xanderchanningtried K once, was a nitrous addict, saw it as a minor nitrous high just long term, felt rhe same thing while binging nitrous lmao
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@@xanderchanningYou have to keep a notebook with you , learned from my trips
I love this interviewer. He has such an empathetic approach that seems to really help the subject of the documentary open up and speak freely. Every doc I’ve seen him in has been excellent.
That booth he rolled around had me laughing.
He is good at his job. 👍
@@that1guy899 what do you know if you was in that SITUATION you would definitely NOT be RESPONSIBLE
Thank goodness he wasn’t forced to do a line at gun point this time around!
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Yh he's cool right
The K abuser was TERRIFYING, he seemed so ok yet so destraught. That is heart dropping to see you practically falling apart.
youve got a lot of things that ive got toooubububububububub
Makes me glad I've stuck with weed and shrooms all these years.
@@iansaxby9264 Same with me, minus the shrooms. I haven't been brave enough to try psychedelics. I don't even need a full hand to count how many drugs I've tried, or even how many times I've done them.
Hope things are looking up for him. Pains me to see him take line after line and then that picture he showed
i really like how impartial all of these documentaries always have been, never telling you what to do, never throwing any labels on users but just providing an unbiased and objective observation of the world of drugs and how it affects people and the body. been missing these vice.
@Boy Kulot Drugs aren’t bad if they’re used responsibly and in moderation. Everyone does drugs, it would be a pretty boring life if you were sober all the time.
@@hmalik5232 i disagree, drugs are bad you can’t use them in moderation because of tolarence buildup. you’ll eventually become an addic with drugs like k, cocaine, etc. the only one i belive can be moderated is marijuana
@@hmalik5232 your either a kid or severally brain dead to think you can take drugs in moderation or responsibly drugs are terrible for people
@@gabbyarevalo5825 coming from the netherlands.. being known of open marijuanas use, I can tell you its actually an addictive drug and in absolute numbers caysing the most drugs addicts of all drugs and comes right after smoking, alcolhol and gambling. Right now on our population of 17mil we have 70.000 known (under treatment) canabis addicts. Followed by 27000 coke, 14000 heroin, 11000 crack, 7000 speed, 3000 GHB.. and just 400 on xtc. Keta is not even in the numbers yet. Probably under other: 1100
@Boy Kulot define “drugs”
“Make sober babies” has to be one of the hardest hitting things in this for me, I hope the same for myself
I lost my partner to a K overdose a few years ago. He was an addict and started urinating blood. Shortly after that we met and he decided to be sober and I supported him on that journey. One night he was alone and decided to ball out like he did when he was frequently using like a couple Gs. He was found the next day in a hotel room. Man was sober for over a year only for one night to change it all.
Everyday I think about him and everything he would have been by now. I knew his deepest darkest fears and to see those become a reality breaks my heart everyday. It only took one slip up.
That sounds horrible. We all make mistakes sometimes, sadly it cost him his life. I'm sorry for your loss. All the best to you.
Sorry for your loss. & Thanks for sharing.
On another page: You need to overcome this thinking of the past and let go what was (and what maybe could have been).
I know it is hard. Try a shrink or some guru or other type of teacher - that helps you focus on the present and (your) future.
Maybe date someone (who doesnt do drugs). Good luck.
@@krisamagus1 when you put but after a sorry, it negates it. What a horrible thing to say regardless. Better to say nothing.
My deepest condolences. RIP precious soul. Sending you love, light & healing. Peace be with you.💖💗💓
I’m so sorry.
I used to have a ketamine addiction.
I was hanging around a group that could see me getting worse. No one said anything about it until one New Years, I said I need to stop this year. I got laughed at and told I couldn’t do it. After completing the year sober from it I stuck up a middle finger to the group and I’m no longer part of it. I used to get cramps after a few pints or a bump, but now I haven’t touched it in nearly two years
Good for you! Don’t let the weak links keep you in the cesspool 🙊
that’s amazing!! i’m so proud of you! keep it up and i’m glad you found the strength to quit! you are so incredibly strong and i hope all good things flow your way!
Its like a place u get stuck at, worse than heroin becaude its mental. Good on u for quitting.
There is no such thing as a ketamine addiction. You simply have an addictive personality. It's probably not your sole vice. Ketamine is out of your system quickly, and does not compel you to consume more. So you've managed to abuse a drug that is actually difficult to abuse. Congratulations. PS I know something about this, having been part of the NYC nightclub scene that popularized ketamine in the early 1990s.
Great choice man stay strong
This is sad. I take IV Ketamine medically for CPTSD and Depression with a doctor in Washington State and it honestly has changed my life for the better.
Drugs have the ability to heal people but they can be equally as harmful, especially without medical supervision.
I have experienced a plethora of horrible side effects from many different antidepressants, while on the flip side I receive medical marijuana which helps a ton with my pain, as well with my occasional Ketamine boosters every 9 months, so I know drugs aren’t all just black and white like some say they are, though that also doesn’t mean they can’t just as easily be abused and harmful.
Hopefully one day the worlds governments will learn to focus more on studying, decriminalizing, and regulating substances rather than demonizing anyone who uses them.
Maybe then there wouldn’t be things like “Ket Bladder” and drug cartels wouldn’t be able to distribute products cut with unknown often fatal adulterants all for a quick buck.
It's extremely expensive to get this treatment in the UK as opposed to the cheap price on the street here, typically £30 a gram, most will opt to self medicate and this often becomes abuse sadly, psychedelic therapy's have a long way to go in terms of cultural acceptability and accessibility
@@MonkoK14 and your BOTH right. The drug is on a huge uptick as researchers discover how safe it actually is and how beneficial it is for treating anxiety and depression. And it is VERY pricey but you can get on the black market for a fraction of the price.
Not everyone is strong to stop a thing that feels that good in the moment
Only when you’ve never done them tho. The studies have shown the effects are only if you’ve never felt the effect before.
@@kateapple1 Yeah, you can develop a permanent tolerance to it through repeated excessive use
I had no idea how deep this rabbit hole goes . Wow. Eye opening
Vice is really doing good work with these docs, the interviewer is always impartial and non judgemental about everyone that accepts to be part of these projects.
Thank you Vice for showing this side of society without the unessesary stigma
Totally agree 💯
Nothing impartial about title…the subjects are taking all sorts of drugs and alcohol….this isn’t about ketamine alone. “Pissing blood” is sensational and to say this is just about Ketamine is misleading.
Best news in the world. Neutral media coverage. It’s very rare.
This video itself perhaps but the title about pissing blood ?
Vice is a business none the less, titles are titles and everyone knows what they are made for
this man is one of vices gems, so we'll conducted. he's always super respectful and professional. so much respect for this guy's journalism
99% would be nice, this is scripted so it's obviously not nice to be a dickkkk to others why exaggerating??
It looked to be he did quite the opposite of what you said. Having fun with stones people, for a start.
If that’s not being unprofessional, I don’t know what that is.
@@MatteoPrezioso boooo
@@HaroldVonAnusIII Thank you Sir.
Kinda looks like Poe Dameron too.
My wife broke her arm and in the ER they had to give her ketamine to reset the bone and cast her arm. She went out and came back after everything was done and the doctor said “how was your trip?” My wife responded with “absolutely terrible” doc said “alright that’s what I like to hear!!” Seeing this video makes that remark make sense!
He was happy to hear he not created another future ket addict to be 😁
Really Strange they gave her ket! So maaaaany other sedatives ! Unless ur wife is a horse. 😂 joking. But Normally we prescribe Midazolam for mild sedation.
@@forshitsandgiggles4292 hahaha it’s actually very funny you say that because she worked medically with equine and knew of ketamine from that. And actually the reason she was in the hospital that night was due to a horse! 😂😂 so very ironic. But they gave her like a crap load of something else (I can’t remember what exactly) and said she wasn’t taking to it then turned to me and said “does your wife hold her alcohol well??” I then laughed out loud and said “nooo definitely not” then they gave her the ketamine and she was goneeee hahaha
@@forshitsandgiggles4292 i broke my arm aswell and i got ketamine so that they could readjust the bone without knocking me out. very weird experience, i felt like i forgot how to breath 😭😭
@@forshitsandgiggles4292 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
It’s a blessing to be on the other side of this video clean for 2 years after ruining my life for a long long time. I can honestly say that I’m glad that the time that I was getting high the drugs were still drugs and not whatever it is they are putting into this stuff now. I hope that everyone makes it out and can find a happier life with out needing to get high
As a veterinarian, we don't just use ketamine for horses, we use it for dogs, cats, small mammals it is a great anesthetic drug. There is a good chance that your animal has had ketamine.
Sort me some out . Id pay good
@UCIE5B6J-fYxxnJgmANtanVA lol
Doesn't it make you forget everything? I think I had it in surgery once but I maybe mistaken. Your awake but your not,kind of?
My dog is 20 years old. He walks without a limp and has his teeth. I attribute his long life to avoiding unnecessary meds and procedures at the vet.
@@MA-fg5hz That's probably propofol. Milk of amnesia 😁
Ketamine is not my drug of choice, but this doc is exactly what I needed rn to stay sober. Thanks for making this.
It's interesting - a lot of people don't like it. Personally, it is my kryptonite. The only reason I don't touch it anymore is that it's too good, and I can't just buy a bag and keep it for an occasion, I'll just use it till it's gone. It only appeals to some people, but if you are one of those people it's got a fiendishly powerful hook in it. I still miss that awful, wonderful stuff.
You can do it 💪🏼
@@mattkaz9604 I am like that with Jamison whiskey, no point having it in the freezer if I can't drink it & I am 63
I got ketamine IV in the ER for pain control and it k-holed me. I thought I died… I spent an eternity freaking out and everyone’s faces were terrifying and it was just repeating over and over. That experience alone has my anxiety peaked watching this video.
@@mattkaz9604 is it like a herion?
Ketamine is an interesting drug. At moderate doses it's a psychedelic. At high doses it's a tranquilizer. At low doses (less than 20mg per day) it's an anti-depressant used in drug-resistant therapy for depression. The studies out there about this now are fascinating.
I enjoy it at low doses. With a bit of booze. Nice little drug, tbf
Very well put. I genuinely think this video gives it a bad wrap. I've had some of the most beautiful experience on k. When you abuse any drug however, it will always let you know
@@mariannegibson90 Any dose is abuse if it's not for a medical procedure or legit ketamine therapy for mental health.
@@mariannegibson90 Yeah the vid def felt sensationalized and the way they continually referred to it as a horse tranquilizer felt disingenuous. Like yeah it is but it has other uses. Dogs also take benadryl that doesn't mean it's not useful for humans.
would never take ketamine for drug addiction. the only medicine you need is a change in your life and some fresh air.
Ive been reading on ketamine therapy for mental health treatment, has anyone tried it ?
Yes it works, magic mushroom on the other hand are also effective.
After my trip yesterday, I did understand why mushrooms are praised... you can have some beautiful experiences on them..
Hello! It appears I have interests, I want to get some.. where do you get from?
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I really hope jack gets through his addiction. His honesty in this interview is amazing.
Agreed. His poem was so powerful… I hope he can become sober ❤️🩹
seemed like a rich kid ego boy trying to make his journey philosophical when hes just an addict......my g needs to kick it and stop acting hard
@@thepandasdoitbetter he ain’t acting hard, he’s being honest and it is trippy af and can really change your mind, there are people in this same comment section saying how prescribed ket helped their depression.
@@fish9468 pfft he made his choice every time he tries to get serious he bangs out a line he doesnt wanna hear it or care the guy is just an addict and his ego still runs the show even tho hes taking vast quantities of a drug i consider to be very intro spective and healing
I am suddenly very concerned about this guy. I hope his honesty steers him in the right direction. 71822
I feel so bad for the K addict. You can tell he’s a good guy and he just can’t quit. He needs help.
I am a recovering cocaine addict and it’s very similar. You don’t think you have an issue until you realise you’re staying up until 5AM and you need to be up at 6 for work. It just takes over your life and priorities. I’d be on my last 100£ with 3 weeks until payday and I’d spend every penny of that on coke I wouldn’t feel bad about it until I didn’t have enough to buy another bag. Addiction is ugly.
@@evandunkley292bro cocaine addiction and ket addiction has nothing to be compared. Used to be a cocaine heavy user, smoked it most of the time and ketamine is a fucking joke. You don’t have a real addiction for ket. Been a user since more than 10y and it doesn’t cross my mind until is weekend or when I want it. Cocaine is a different thing, if every day wasn’t with me I would have lost my mind.
@@evandunkley292literally when I started working at 6am I realized speed addiction wasn't going to be around anymore.
Yea he thinks it’s helping him write awesome poems but it’s just non sensical ramblings of a drug addict. Totally not worth the health effects
Agree
To the man who snorted a gram of Ketamine and a line of coke. I genuinely wish you are alive and well.
I actually had to look away for a bit, my stomach did a backflip hahaha
Bruddah nah
@@HorribleThingsTVin Spain we say:” coca y keta, voltereta” which means “coke and ketamine, backflip” so it’s pretty similar 🤣🤣
@@francescoutoti5369lol😂
@@HorribleThingsTV me too, so sad
Depression haunted my life from a very young age, and I was put on a bunch of SSRIs as a child in attempt to deal with it. None worked. Psychedelic mushrooms was brought to my attention. It was the first thing that actually had real effects. They should only be used with great care and respect. 0:19
I hear this is supposed to be good for people who have mental health issues. I actually just started the research process of microdosing and all that. Im to the point where I want shock treatment. 0:04
@@Daniel-cy5urdr.johnsonshroom is your guy. Got all kinds of psychedelics stuff. Guided me through my first ever experience 0:01
0:04 Psychedelics should only be used with great care and respect, I would love to feel same man.
@StacyBridwell-ez2tu is he on insta? 0:01
YES, he is dr.johnsonshroom. There's a lot of
potential in psychedelics 0:01
My addiction wasn’t ketamine but I’m glad that videos like this exist to show what can happen to someone when the drugs takeover and you’re no longer in control anymore, but that there is help out there for the people that need it. Works if you work it and I’m currently 2 1/2 months clean and going strong.
Congrats broski keep it up
That's amazing! Congratulations!
Good job man, keep it up!
Thank you very much for sharing. Stay strong, and you are moving miracles right now to help you succeed in the future.
Good job man, hope you're coming up on 6. And if you're not... Get back up and try again, buddy. One day at a time
I was heavily involved in the Rave scene here in Toronto. My Ketamine addiction almost cost me my bladder & kidney to be removed. The specialist @ the hospital said i was insanely lucky, I quit all drugs in 11 years ago and never looked back. I can live somewhat of a normal life now but I have to take medication.. some of my friends didn't make it as lucky as myself
Idk why people use so many drugs at raves. I never do. And it's super fun without anything... People need to learn to tap into that love in a sober state
Hey good for you. Also here in Toronto!
Hi Julez! 😄 I got off the K as well with the help of a psychiatrist via the rapid access clinic at St. Mike's. It's great to hear that you're well!
Why do take medication now, 11 years later?
is the ketamine prevalent now in toronto? i know u said u quit all drugs 11 years ago, and i say to you: WELL DONE! for that. however being in the gta im always curious, for one reason or another, what is going on in the region. are the open air markets DT saturated with crystal M and Fent users/products. it used to be all crack and some pills/h in cabbagetown, or the shuter/gerrad and sherboune area. i spent some time in this area and st.lawerence market, not sure if u are familiar with that part of the city, but just walking down the sidewalk u would be asked by dealers if u wanted.
Brava to Matt for being so respectful, poised, and honest. His conversation with Jack was raw and dark, riddled with strong emotions and devastating fact. Im affected by what I just saw, its sorrow, guilt, and extreme fear. These episode keep getting better. Brilliant work.
Matt lost all credibility recently 😂
Ooh, why?
@@lsalvage3228why what happened
Ketamine therapy is a treatment approach that uses low doses of ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic medication, to manage various mental health conditions, such as treatment-resistant depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Psilocybin, LSD, shrooms and ketamine are absolutely life changing substances that have so much potential to help people with mental health issues.
@@WooodThI've been looking to get my hands on shrooms since growing isn't an option for me . Any one knows where I can source?
@@SuvariBoorish-yh3rj
yeah , he's Dr jeffshrooom he got magic mushrooms , DMT , LSD and other psychs
@@AnnaThompsonWilliamsreally get happy anytime I see people talking about dr jeffshrooom, he is the best All pure psychedelic and shrooms I get from him
@@AnnaThompsonWilliamsDMT was the best trip I had , first time was crazy but the second experience was amazing .🥰
After watching Vice´s drug documentaries it really solidiefies my stance in that drug dealers have absolutely no clue on what they are doing or on how drugs work.
Yeah what was his point about the crystals
great source of understanding on drug dealers. im sure the ones on vice are the best since they are showing everyone what they do. im sure those who dont say their business in front of cameras dont know what theyre doing
no they do but money is money
@@kukuV.3 u crush the crystal put a lil water onit microwave it and it turns to powder this is true, ket comes in liquid form a lot so u just microwave it if u aint injecting it
@@Ipwnnoobslegitlike you can just recrystallize it crystals are not more harmful than powder like with MDMA they dissolve the same in the body
I love that this humanizes drug users. People on the outside looking in see them as irredeemable, and think they can simply snap out of the habit. But they are people with real issues trying to escape something and remove themselves from reality even if only for a moment.
Thats exactly what they are. The common think I ve seen through the years is that most of them are , children of very rich or very poor people. The rich work all day to get rich and sustain their self image and the poor work all day to survive. The outcome is , less time with kids = drugs.
Rich and "Poor" America does the smack. The Third World farms and dies for it. Blood drugs, blood dollars, blood gold, and blood diamonds.
Fixed it for you.
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Well said
All of that is completely wrong. Drugs are part of reality, humans have always altered their consciousnes with various drugs. We're not escaping from anything, we're exploring more of the world. Nor is using drugs a "habit". You can habitually use something or you can occasionally use something, just like with any technology.
Trauma is something that is very common in drug addicts. Whatever that may be it is enough to haunt a person and they'll do anything especially drugs to escape that for whatever time the drug may last. I used to shoot heroin and everything else under the sun. I never was able to do k or get wet but it's on my bucket list. Moderation and understanding is very key to recreational drug use
I was a Ketamine addict while living in India (my pharmacist/chemist would sell me pharma vials of it for $5 USD a piece). The SINGLE MOST PAINFUL experience of my life was when I had K bladder. I'm a man and have a high pain tolerance BUT would sit crying on the toilet while pissing chunks of blood and eroded bladder matter. I still have anxiety and nightmares of this randomly occurring again even though I haven't touched Ketamine in over 3 years.
It is an amazing psychedelic experience, BUT you can become addicted to the dimension travel and the K-hole itself.
DO NOT MESS AROUND WITH IT. BE RESPONSIBLE IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE IT.
So you stopped using after that and made a full recovery?
Why not just try DMT?
How about just don't mess with it. There is no responsibility in these drugs
respect, ty for sharing
str8 fax im glad i never seized or piseed blood, during the deepest of my addiction did about a q in a week and wouldnt wish that on anyone it was torture in retrospect
Ketamine, lsd, dmt and psilocybin are amazing. I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with OCD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
YES very sure of mycologist Predroavaro. This treatment worked for me. Helped me got rid of my life long depression and BPD.
I'm so very happy for you mate, Psilocybin is absolutely amazing, the way it shows you things, the way it teaches you things. I can not believe our world and our people shows less interest about it's helpfulness to humanity. It's love. The mushrooms heals people by showing the truth, it would be so beneficial for so many people, especially politicians and the rich who have lost their way and every other persons out there.
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
As a former K addict and someone who was sent to the Hospital due to Ketamine, this video hits hard and is such a good educational video about the drug itself thank you Vice.
Are you really a bosnian jesus
Ket isn't addictive. It is fun, though
@@winstoningram99ew what makes you wanna do that?
@@LoveYou-gm6pp It makes you feel giddy and daft in low doses. Good fun. Great with a bit of comedy and booze. Only on the odd occasion, of course.
@@winstoningram99wait, i was told not to mix with alcohol ?
Just adore these documentaries. So important to keep drug information readily available for everyone, especially in a digestible form. Thanks and keep up the great work!
That's right. Mind open. Not to do
Yes! I've never been the type to be interested in trying drugs, but I do find these vice documentaries a lot more interesting and impactful than any anti-drug assemblies we had in school. I also like that there's docs like these about drugs many young people consider 'safe' -- when I was in school what they taught us about was mostly weed, super hard drugs like heroin and meth, but not a lot about party drugs. I think that's a big reason why especially uni kids tend to think these are safer, not as addictive or whatever.
I didn't know about ket crystal problems. I've had kidney stones off and on my whole life, enough for me to stay away from ket. Agree these dox are excellent education. BTW, I'll be 72 end if this month, so lucky to have lasted so long without getting too seriously stuck on anything. May God bless and keep us all.
Except when they give out bs info
@@jones616 ive never had a proble. And i do a ton if it and drink beer at same time
As a person in recovery for five years i can tell you being clean and sober is much easier than being an active drug user. People aren't created and meant to use drugs and you dont need drugs to feel right. That's part of these people's addictions the drugs make them think they need them to feel right when in reality nobody needs drugs to feel right.
How do you feel right without drugs
I'm a marijuana smoker and after quitting several times over many years, I can say that I need it to have a normal life. I even sold my car so I don't have a car accident.
I feel absolutely alright when I don't smoke, I just can't sleep.
Some people have psychiatric issues and they just need to get high to function, maybe their neurons did not develop properly, maybe they had terrible problems as babies like rape and their brain is fucked up.
But I understand what you're saying, anyone should try to stop drugs and find out.
I have been on medication, risperdal, anti depressants, sleeping pills.
Weed is much better for my health than these crappy chemicals.
@@-_-_415las drogas son malas, porque te vuelven esclavo, impiden el pensamiento crítico , favorecen la alienación al sistema, el secreto de la verdadera felicidad es la conciencia plena de la existencia. Filosofia pura....😊😊😊
I NEED drugs just to face life
@@MaliaPotter-o9e anda al psicologo para ver porque necesitas drogas para afrontar la vida, tal vez hay algo de tu vida que necesites cambiar y las drogas impiden que hagas el proseso mental necesesario para poder cambiarlo, tal vez en tu vida, las drogas, solo son la distraccion para no aceptar una realidad que te incomoda.
• DMT is a naturally occurring hallucinogenic drug with spiritual and cultural significance in indigenous cultures.
consumption can produce different intensities and durations of effects, as well as potential risks and side effects.
@@ThomasBurlsonassociated with the world’s four most popular psychedelic drugs. Ayahuasca, DMT, MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms can all take users through a wild mind-bending ride that can open up your senses and deepen your connection to the spirit world. Not all trips are created equal, though - if you’re sipping ayahuasca, your high could last a couple of hours. But if you’re consuming DMT, that buzz will last under than 20 minutes.
@@ThomasBurlson-m5rDMT to be used as a therapy tool to treat depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions, as well as aid with self-improvement and discovery. But studies of DMT are actually scarce, so it’s hard to know the full extent of its therapeutic benefits.
@@PrincewillNwaegbeI have been looking to get my hands on mushrooms since growing isn't an option for me Anyone know where I can get the source??_
@@Tina-hb7ecyeah , he's Dr jeffshrooom he got magic mushrooms , DMT , LSD and other psychs
It’s refreshing to see the documentary not stigmatize the drug users. Even if it warns of the risks of ketamine, it does not degrade or insult the people involved… I’ve never been a drug user let alone addict, but I hope I can be as respectful and understanding as possible to those people.
My dad was given roughly 100mg of ketamine in total when he was in a motorcycle accident, his recounting of when he felt it enter his system was: “I felt like I was put on a rocket ship and sent into space”
Ive had that on K before, was weird
My blunt does jus abt the same
I don't think that's K but maybe Morp. And for some, the experience was like everything around them felt like slow motion. Lol
@@soul77077 that’s because they only did a little or the purity was not good. Large doses and your mind gets blown out of body experience.
Same. I was in a wild night club and part of my mind thought I was on an alien rocket ship. I went the restroom, and the flush of the urinals made me think people were flying/flushing out into space. Absolutely nuts.
I'm a musician and a band colleague started doing Ketamine and Coke regularly around one year ago. At the beginning it was like every third rehearsal and everbody was like "Yeah he got this under control" Now it's like multiple lines of K and coke everyday.
It's spiraling out of control.
Don't touch that stuff. You can't control it.
I do it about once a month. All about self control
@fuubaa6 yeah and how's that working out for you now?
the music probably got dope though? if not you should be helping your friend not telling strangers how youre watching him spiral
k is the only thing i cant keep in my drawer, any other drug acid x pills i can keep in my drawer for a month, k is immidiately all gone for me as fast as possible, happy to be off it for about a year, i thought i had good self control but that stuff takes away all my inhibitors
Amen 🙏
This report is the final push that opens my eyes. It's heartbreaking.
I used to consciously take long breaks, but since the summer it has become more frequent and I have trivialized how I am slipping into an addiction.
I have to pee more often now.
Last weekend I was without it and I realized that I feel good and can have the states that I use ketamine for without it - creativity, openness and focus.
Still, I bought it again when I wasn't feeling well. It's the seemingly easy way.
And I don't want to demonize the drug, it has a lot of potential in the therapeutic field.
But I want to stop lying to myself and 'treating' myself and believing I can only feel and make 'good' art extensively on ketamine.
Please wish me strength.
I send love, strength and success to all those affected and not affected. Thanks also to everyone who contributed to the report.
The cycle of addiction is one of the most powerfully depressing things. That man (Jack) is so sad, he's completely given up. He knows he's killing himself, but he literally can't do anything about it. Knowing you are beyond saving from a situation you ultimately chose to get yourself into has to be so sad.
he CAN, he just is in 2 deep, but he definitely CAN do something about it
u just believe u can’t when u give up
It's only sad when one fights the choke chain. When one accepts, there's a melancholy relief.
Not everyone has a choice to stop, or recover, or what have you. I had a choice, and I made good use of it. I believe that to do otherwise is to disrespect the sacrifice of those that had no choice. That thought keeps me sober when nothing else works, since 3/22/16.
Everyone can safe themselves and get over any addiction. It's all up to the power of will.
all good now 👌🏻
Amazing video. Thanks for drawing attention to this vice! I was a ket addict between the ages of 17-18. I vividly remember staying at a friends house on the sofa one evening, and his dad walked into the living room just as I was doing my morning line. He didn’t say anything but I realised that day K had completely warped my perception of what was normal.
I did about 2.5-3g a day and the cramps/bladder symptoms were unbearable. I’m over 3 years clean now from daily use (with a short relapse early this year unfortunately) but I have to express my life has changed immeasurably for the better.
I definitely subscribe to the NA philosophy “once an addict, always an addict”. I know I could never trust myself to touch a drug in moderation again. I’ve quit drinking too for that very reason.
If you’re someone looking for a reason to quit - please take my comment into consideration. When I was an addict I was sick, clinically depressed, suicidal, and barely coping with my job or relationship.
Sober me is successful, works hard, has emotional capacity for when things go wrong, and can tackle struggles head on whilst also having Grace and patience with myself. ❤
you're really well spoken, and especially that last paragraph resonated a lot. great work
Glad you’re doing okay bro Iam currently facing addiction myself and Iam finding the courage to give it up.
I have to disagree. Saying once an addict, always an addict is a cop out for either being a bad person or lacking any semblance of self control
i needed to read this. i’ve never done ket but i can’t lie percs have my life.
@@darlenetroise7079 you're missing whats meant by that. It means the struggle of having to resist, of having to exercise that selfcontrol will never go away. it might become less as you grow, but once an addict, always an addict. you simply have to keep on going.
I really respect that they asked and made sure he wasn't just snorting a gram of ketamine for the camera. Multiple times. Genuine interviewer / cameramen
I had a close friend who I went to punk shows with and I remember when he went away to rehab for ketamine. It was heartbreaking. He's such a lovely human and watching him go from not sleeping or eating for days on end to now being over a year sober has been such an emotional thing. Im so so proud of him and im so glad he was strong enough to get sober.
As a medical professional it’s absolutely wild seeing someone insufflate 1000mg of ketamine in one sitting, I mean for someone 165lbs or 74kg were would push anywhere from 100-250mg depending on the person, other medications, etc but for the average 165lbs person a 150mg dose via IV would have you at surgical anesthsia levels 100% and within seconds usually less the 1 minute, so he is doing ten times that and just hanging out!!! But that goes to show you how significant drug tolerance can be, same with opioids. I’ve seen patients that would inject 160mg of OxyContin, that dose could kill several people without a opioid tolerance, however all this aside ketamine is really one of the safest dissociative anesthetics out there, preserves breathing reflex, mild increase in BP an bronchodilation
Not everything they show is real (they host fake chemists and drug users all the time). Also that 1000mg of "ketamine" if it is actually that might only be 49%-60% ketamine
Actually Sernyl (phencyclidine or PCP) was the first dissociative anesthetic and was chemically modified to be shorter acting for use in surgery. It was literally battle tested during the Vietnam war because it could safely anesthetize people in battle conditions.
And for tachyphylaxis or tolerance, methamphetamine causes tolerance amazingly fast, especially smoking it apparently.
Of course the psychedelics fit that description too....I remember that from personal experience. ;*[}
So your telling me that ketamine isn’t often cut
@@m.h8638depends on your connect, make it a health problem not criminal one.
@@m.h8638 I have no clue about street level ketamine and if it’s often cut or not it’s more so speaking of the amazing tolerance a human body can build up to almost anything
As an older man that has used dope and mushrooms to escape the reality of my terrible childhood trauma I can say, "there is no escape".
Instead it is through mindful practices, "what it is that you focus on" that allows you to make a truly rewarding life.
It's not "what you get from life" but what you give to life that brings the real happiness.
I've realised that judgement of others treatment towards you if other's are cruel or harmful towards you or of the negative narrative of life that is truly destructive to you. When you practice judgement or seek justice it's forms a cruel self judgement that debiltates you.
More self hatred, therefore more self harm.
Drugs actually stop you being able to use "your mind" THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVE from being useful to you.
Unfortunately the world is so bad and people so unfair, cruel, vicious, predatory, and harmful. This is all learned behaviour, we feel like we have to protect ourselves from further harm.
If you start to make a practice of finding the beauty and wonder in the moment I assure you you can become wonderful, beautiful, kind, and happy. Therefore creating in you, and those around you wonderful reality.
John
Edit: I'll add, have a look at abandonment theory, everyone ever knew used drugs and alcohol for escape had this commonality.
I actually believe we all have the issue to some degree. I have, and the work I've done on it has been rewarding.
Thank you for your wisdom John 💪🏻
@@rainbowlover890 I have been fortunate to be exposed to wise successful people and grasp what I can from them.
I am bound by the philosophy that sharing these gems is the most valuable asset we have.
Henry Ford is qouted as saying, "both if you believe you can, or believe you can't, you are correct."
The mind is powerful.
Thank you
Beautifully said
I needed this right now. Thanks brother.
@@kayseidilla Well this is wonderful to hear. Check out dr Joe Dispenza and follow the algorithm. Reach out if you want more detailed tips that worked for me. You made my day. You are my brother indeed.
That poor guy (on the CK and with bladder problems). I like how respectful and unpatronizing the interviewer was.
100%
5:45
"And you dont get a comedown from it! The next day youre fine!"
Which, unfortunately, was also almost the exact same thing my friend said 11 years ago. Rest in peace, brother. 😢
I escaped being sexually assaulted on ketamine by literally dragging myself out of the apartment, crawling to my car, and locking the doors until I sobered up enough to drive home and never tried it again after that. Be very careful about who you get inebriated with, please. Thank you.
Absolutely, I prefer to do it alone anyway.
Solid advise
I'm sorry that happened to you 💙
Hope you are fine now both physically and mentally 💌💌
I heard a story of a guy at an after-party at club in Buenos Aires where a stranger offered him a big line of K in the toilets there, he had it and then two big muscly games came in and tried to grab him, obviously to rape him. Thankfully K takes a few minutes to take hold after a line, so he still didn't feel the effect, quickly freed himself and got the hell out of there. But you are absolutely right, some bad individuals do use this stuff for awful stuff like this
I'm glad this was made. I can't stress enough how dangerous ketamine is for the bladder and kidneys. Ketamine is amazing, but is too easy to fall into casual use because it's such a fantastic drug. 10 years of use and you'll be painfully pissing 50 ml at a time. Believe me not worth it.
People know how bad it is, that's why they use it. They know how their lives gonna ends☠️. That's the life they are willing to deal with.
People just need to do their research. Too many people blindly abuse all drugs and this is where the issues come from. I always read up on everything before touching it so I knew what I was getting into.
You will only be able to piss 50ml? So how many times would you be going to the toilet?
Absolutely, what he said^
Fantastic? I remember it being boring after the first hour
Super eye opening. It got home hearing Amy talking about getting sober and finding someone to “have sober babies”.
Very touching. I hope everyone on this documentary finds the light they need especially Jack. 💕
agreed! I really hope Jack is doing well
Those babies who aren’t staying sober are such a pain.
My ex was a regular addict to ket. Was really hard to me see him turning in a totally different person. I've never imagine the person he becomes.I was a regular addict too, but never in that way. Now, no one know where is he or what happen to him, and that's make me feel like, I maybe could have done something when we was dating. Drugs ruinned our lifes, but sometimesI still on that. I keep trying stayed clean.
I had a massive drug addiction when I was in University and spiralled to the point of a near-death experience via suicide twice. In my perspective it's a horrible experience, and I lost my flat mate to a ket overdose mixed with alcohol. She was in her closet in the room and a pathologist told us she had supposedly strangled herself trying to reach for more breath. I've been on the sober road since then and graduated couple years back, and I've lost 2 other friends to drug overdoses since. This is a very educational video that could potentially bring those back who've lost control with addiction. Thanks Vice!
You did suicide twice?? Impressive
Strangled herself reaching for breath? Can you elaborate
crazy how much the friends you choose matter
@@ShadowyFigure83How’s that? Drugs make people do all kinds of stupid crap.
So proud of you 🫶🫶
jack is so deeply hurt. i really hope he's ok, and i hope he can battle this addiction.
Jack uses Ketamine to help with his painting. I'm not sure why you'd feel sympathy, on that basis
@@ThurstonWatt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it helps his creativity
@@ThurstonWattyeah totally not an addict
Amy is a courageous person. A lovely lady. Good for her! Not easy but such a wonderful example of personal strength & not giving up.
I have a friend who he and his girl would go through quarter ounces of ketamine daily, I thought that was bad, but then I heard that guy talking about going through 25g in one sitting, just wow man...
So glad your covering this! Not many know about ketamine bladder. I had a friend who killed himself because of it, and obviously his mental health wasnt perfect.
you're*
"Drugs Inc." is such a cheesy, exploitative show, I thought it must be lying (or at least wildly exaggerating) the danger to the bladder. Apparently not. That photo of the guy's toilet full of blood made my skin crawl.
It take serious abuse to get that bad..
It’s really bad I got ketamine bladder 15 years ago and got horrible addicted to opiates and benzos to deal with the pain. Years later it’s finally getting a little better but still bad.
@@Ok.I.Pull.Up.420 I’m so sorry that’s the situation you’re in. I wish you all the best in life, hang in there ❤️
Man I hope he’s ok. You might think it crazy to keep using with seeing blood but that’s addiction. I understand it. I wish I never knew addiction but unfortunately I know it too well.
You are right. People with addictive behaviours need to be careful something doesn't get out of control, it doesn't have to be just one thing. It's being able to pull yourself back when you realise something has become a big problem. You live with that for life.
I hope you are doing OK
hang in there it can get better, sober over 5 years now. the beginning is the hardest. good luck,
You can beat it. 60 days clean. Kicked cold turkey and it wasn't as bad as I'd made myself believe...it was bad, but not as bad as I treated my loved ones. I wanted to kick cold turkey so I'd remember why I never want to go down that road again.after being hooked on Fetty for 10 years, I never want that monkey on my back ever again...and I mean never. Take one day at a time and it gets easier by the day ....u can do it!
Straight up bro. I constantly cough up tar yet I continue to smoke bongs on the regular
I could feel all the sadness in the one dude who was doing those big CK's 🥺 wishing for protection on this kind creative soul. You are still that creative and dope person without abusing your body. Much hope and well wishes to you Jack
I've done a lot of stuff in my life. Those lines of k made me cringe. Insane start to the day. Jack needs help poor guy stuck in that cycle. Wishing him well from afar.
The creativity part feels like an excuse to me. But it’s only an opinion, no bad intentions!
@@FixedFace Wow, for someone who uses a religious icon profile picture, you're really coming off like a tool. Every comment you make is harsh and hateful. There's nothing worse than an ex-druggie who exhibits extreme heartlessness and lacks empathy. Seems to be quite common amongst the ones who allege to have achieved sobriety through religion. Funny, that. One would imagine that folks making that claim would exude love and contentment of spirit, you know...like the guy in your picture. I find that introspection periodically is useful.
Thank you mate.
@@jackanderson6100 how u doin bro
I’m dealing with this now with two of my friends one Hass to get his prostate removed. The other one has to get her uterus removed. The next move is a bladder bag. They are finally listening to me. It’s so sad watching them almost die my friend right before she went into rehab was 87 pounds.
Im in remission for my addiction to opiates and ive seen a lot of similarities between opiate addicts and k addicts. The best advice I can give people is to just stay away from all of it. You dont ever want to get to a point where you no longer know how to live sober and itll eventually get like that. then youre trapped and it takes a hell of a lot of willpower and some plain old luck to get out, before some real damage is done.
Wise words - happy to hear you’re on the road of recovery.
K isn’t like opiates however and doesn’t have that craving . And K has also been proven to fight depression and other mental problems. K is a great drug but must be used responsibly . Only a few times a month MAX.
Congratulations man
I myself was on the other side of the game
I played a terrible role it that crap
So many people that I knew are just not here anymore
Something after 5 years out of the streets I still see them in my dreams 😔
You’ll always find similarities in addictions. Ketamine helped me get through the withdrawal symptoms of coming off of Suboxone. I did it through a clinic with a doctor that prescribed it, I wasn’t buying large amounts off the street corner.
@@Kthb80 I'm currently coming off of suboxne and am having a hard time with it.
Do they prescribe it at pain management centers or something?
Speed, coke and ecstacy were the majority of early 2000s for gen X, ket came about a little later and we dipped in but it's weird to see it take off like it has. It's not exactly a social drug which was pretty much the entire point of it all back then. Really hope the chap with the habit is doing better, my heart goes out to him.
I wonder if the rapid increase in K's popularity might be related to the Covid-19 pandemic and the several lockdowns. If you're the type of person who prefers to go clubbing or to a rave while high, not being able to do so might lead you to try out something different, a substance for which you don't need to be in a club in order to enjoy the high
@@emxilykI’m on ketamine and I don’t understand how these people walk 😂 I can’t even stand up without wanting to fall
I recall it being the new drug of choice in the 90's at (illegal) raves - I'm surprised everyone seems to think it became popular much later? Maybe it took a while to be available in clubs etc? I doubt that somehow
@@GK-ho9kv Yeah indeed, same for me. I remember it becoming really, really popular in the underground raving scene in the 90's, waaaaay before it is commonly said that it became popular. We used to call it "hippie crack", because we noticed that the majority of people using it frequently (and becoming addicted) were people in the psychedelic scene, especially in the trance and psytrance scene. They would often have dreadlocks and a very alternative way to view the world, society and their place in it (which is totally fine, I agree with that up to a point) so a large part of them that I saw back then, were all the same type of people. Makes sense though, since it's said to be a psychedelic experience of some kind
@@BinaryBlueBull isnt hippy crack nitrous
This Jack guy is a quintessence of addiction. Saying about "creativity", "widened perception", and "artistic skills", while babbling some doggerel. I had the same, fortunately with weed only so it was relatively easy for me to get out of this swamp.
U quit the weed ?
Good on vice for adding an NA component to this doc. Ive been in the program for a year now and life has gotten infinitely better! It's really good to bring awareness to how to get better - rehab and meetings. 🙏
I agree! There’s help out there. Good for you
Keep coming back x
It seems like this generation is angry and wants to escape no matter where you travel. This is part of a larger trend of anger and discontentment with modern life. I don't like it but I appreciate the brutal honesty in this form of journalism.
There are many different reasons for the escapism that we love when we drink or take drugs, but I believe that a close family bond from birth would significantly reduce this culture and anger. Unfortunately with life today this is made extremely hard by the struggle for survival.
Media normalising infidelity and sexualising women also helps create relationship break downs, single parents and despair.
I don’t see it as angry so much as carefree. Gen Z is young and like all young people, they feel invincible to some extent. These addicts are nowhere near rock bottom and many won’t see the consequences of what they’ve done for a long time.
My grandparents were young in the 60s my mum was young in the 80s I was young in the 00s we all done a boat load of drugs nothing changes it’s just what young people do they experiment
Thank you so much for this video. Ive begun experimenting with k a bit and it is quite honestly one of my favorite drugs by far, but with the knowledge ive gained from this video i think im too scared to pick it up as a habit. Thank god for the internet and it's ability to spread drug safety
Look up videos of people describing Bristol bladder and it will demotivate you real fast!
Just do it at partys not when you wake up these dumb arses are hooking themselves with a non adictive drug becouse they want attention believe it or not
It’s still the safest drug around tho. Just don’t let any drug become a habit.
I’m a regular user for 15y and I’m still fine. I never experienced any bladder issues.
Just use it mindfully.
Thank you for learning something positive from the video.
@@karovanhove8378 just don't use it. How would it be a big deal? Just don't use it, simple as that. Do you think that you will be less attractive, less equilibrate or less interesting because you don't do drugs. Quite the opposite. Just don't do it. It's useless. I mean, I can understand teenagers , they want to experiment new things etc...but as an adult no. It's so childish and meaningless.
did monthly then bi-monthly infusions of k for a few years for depression. really helped a lot
Seeing that guy hooked on Ket, knowing he's dying, yet taking line after line was heart-breaking. I know it's hard bro... But please somehow seek help and get out of it. I hate to see you like this. Death seems sweet at this stage... But once you're on the other side, post-recovery I mean, the journey was well worth it. Wishing you all the best
Thank you for showing the addictive perspective of K, I’m so tired of hearing about the benefits constantly and never being warned about the dangers. I don’t like speaking about my addiction but if even one person reads this and decides to listen to my advice it will be worth it. I genuinely never believed I could become addicted to k or that it could harm me, I’ve learned the hard way and 5 years later I don’t know how to get out of the hole. Furthermore the support for k addicts in this country is awful, most doctors don’t understand the damage or addiction potential of the drug meaning I’ve been to hospital before with k cramps and they’ve told me it’s ‘anxiety’. overcome this addiction as I have spent the last few years telling myself that this will be the last bump only to relapse the next day. I’m lucky that I’ve avoided bladder issues until now but I know it’s only a matter of time. For me, the main reason I use k is to treat my mental illness, I feel in part let down by the system which has offered me no support with my personality disorder since I turned 18 except giving me some pills to take. I want to stop but I feel like I can’t because it’s all I have as a safety net against my mental illness, but it’s a self fulfilling prophecy as the k makes me more depressed long term. To anyone using recreationally who has started using alone, using every time they drink, spending more than they can afford on k, getting any type of pain from it or has started building up a huge tolerance where they need more than a g to get high- please stop before you get in too deep. If I’m not able to beat this I at least want to know I helped another other individual choose a better path for themselves. This addiction will cost you jobs, relationships even with family, it will lose you friends and the respect of your peers, it will have you rolling on the bathroom floor in agony and sat on the loo for hours unable to piss. You will start to forget things, you won’t remember whole periods of time, faces, people, you will question reality and your own perception of yourself. You will no longer gain pleasure from anything except the obtaining and using of k and even then you will realize one day the horrible truth that even the k doesn’t help you anymore, and by then its already too late. It’s like the most toxic relationship because you want to get out but you’re trapped and if you have even one moment of weakness you’re back with that person. K was there for me during breakups and deaths and divorces and it felt so safe and good and now it’s the root of my problems. I never have money to spend on nice things for myself I have to spend it all on k, I work so hard just to waste it all on drugs and feel horrible about it. I’m sure a lot of people are reading this thinking just quit then, and I hope that I find that strength, I am truly trying, but it is so tiring living in a brain that is constantly trying to hurt you. Sometimes I just don’t wanna carry on. To anyone suffering with this right now I don’t have the answer but you aren’t alone and if you’re just now starting to build a habit please please put the k down before you end up deep in the k hole. Peace and love x
I'm still struggling with a 10 year k addiction. Thankyou for posting, hope we can both recover ❤
I’m sure your comment will help those who need it. I wish that you find a way out of the suffering 🙏🏻
Much love and I hope you will be able to overcome this. I don't usually comment on videos but you saying that it's tiring to live in a brain that is constantly trying to harm you got me wanting to stress one very important fact that might help you: we are not our brains, we are a mash up between body-brain-soul. If you find a way to control your brain, not the other way, you might be able to sort both your addiction and disorder. Work with your body and soul and the strength will come. I believe in you and I love you.
@@flupifinch8156 Thank you, that is very wise advice and I appreciate your belief in me. I think as a Psychologist I should learn to look outside of what is going on in my brain so your choice of words is very apt. And also very true, I do believe that we all have a soul and I also believe I mine has a lot of determination so I hope one day I can come back to this comment thread with positive news...if not, catch you on the flip side :-)
@@spooksmagooks please don't forget to come with the positive news. it will make me very happy to hear that you made it. love you!
I really like the way the interviewer approaches the folk, open minded, very considerate. Great journalism.
It good to have someone putting this information out there drugs can be ok but the lack of awareness of what it can do on a constant basis is whats dangerous .
Mycotinny has been my guid I usually order from mycotinny through recommendation
I’m a urology RN, this is a real thing with urinary bladder damage, so very sad for the patients, they are very sorry they have done this to themselves. Unfortunately it is too late! The bladder is surgically removed and nephrostomy tubes are placed in the sides of your body at the level of the kidneys for you-to excrete the urine. Care of the tubes is complicated and the potential for infections is common!! Anyone doing this please please stop, if not you will regret it!!!
but the high is cool!😂
Stupid is as stupid does🤣
you can take it recreationally just fine, just dont abuse it..
uhh I think I’ll stick with moderation
@iammusic9 nobody was telling you what you can and can't do. Reading comprehension is important.
Got a veterinarian daughter. She is the record keeper for the dangerous fed-controlled meds. All locked up, and she won’t even mention them since folks might try to rob the clinic. Respect for all the vets out there…
Thanks for letting us know
@@ivanvelazquez601 right
Veterinarians have the highest suicide rate (or one of the highest suicide rates) of any professions. It's a strange issue, they don't get paid enough and they are subjected to some of the saddest things every single day. Watching animals come in sick until they're dead a few years later, and the cycle continues. Over and over and over again. And then you see how heartbroken the people are and in worst case scenarios the people probably even blame the vets even though it's truly not their fault most of the time.
Respect for all the vets taking care of our doggos and other pets 🤗🤗🤗
Most random comment of the year, I salute you!
12:16 Literally the prime example of a severe addiction. Sad that he’s so aware yet at the point where’s he’s done it for so long he doesn’t even try to stop anymore.
That line 😱 his nose is gonna collapse! Its really sad and i hope all the addicts get well im a former addict myself not ket, an I'm just 5 years clean an feel for all addicts, its living hell on Earth x
Seeing them students sat around listing all the drugs they've ordered for a festival - what a sad existence.
Yeah, that looked so terrible.
In my opinion the list wasn't full haha
Thank you, Vice. I need video's like this to remind me why I'm sober. It's not worth trying just because you're curious so don't be fooled thinking it's harmless fun folks.
It is as long as you use it right only at partys not for wake ups like coffee in morning comin sence pleasse
only do weed and shrooms you'll be ok
@@Nevernot420 weed shroom acid lsa San pedro
@@Nevernot420 yea weed and Natural Psichedelics are the way
@@TheRedCurbs. facts
Macro vs Micro had success in doing a few Macro first . Allowing the mushrooms to blast you into self awareness , showing you the shadows and trauma that have been hiding under the rug . Micro dosing has helped me stay on the pulse of my shadow work , helping me remember my best self .
Microdosing makes me feel more human . I personally feel like microdosing increases my ADD for the day , but I may have to dial the dose down a little . The benefits outweigh the downsides
@@janeb.burrow2418I've talked to people who micro and macrodose to help with a TBIs . I'm told that it's easier to find words when talking , and it helps improve short term memory . I've also heard of it helping with hearing , where people who could no longer hear birds could hear them again .
@@kathleenmcclenahan5701What's the difference macro and micro sounds exciting and I'll love to try where can I get them ?
@@heatherldutrow1204I can recommend you to mycologist dr.jeffshroom , he's good .
@@rhysreid9302I have been getting my shrooms and I have got to try other psychedelic products from him too . Like for over a year now I have been getting from him
Documentalazo VICE unos duros saludos desde Venezuela 🔥🔥🔥
I grew up in LA around a lot of now deceased drug addicts who were self medicating for any number of reasons and none of them seemed to be happy while partying all of the time. Basically in these drug documentaries, all I see are a bunch of people dying slowly which unfortunately is their personal choice. Now I live in SF where fentanyl is in everything and groups of people are found dead from a bad batch on the daily. 😔
Done plenty of K in LA. Great times. It’s actually one of the safest recreational drugs you can do.
Dying slowly is living 60+ years
Sadly Meth has become an epidemic across the country of US.
PLEASE MEDITATE 🙏
DO NOT DO METH and other harmful substances.
It's sad story Moe !
Ketamine is one of the safest recreational drugs.
My ex partner died from ketamine use. It began with his bladder, which he had several surgeries to remove sections of, and eventually full organ failure. He was only 30 when he died.
r.i.p.😑🙏
Several ? ITS HUGE ?
@@box1875 they recreated bladder using sections of bowel, and he didn’t stop taking ketamine so he then damaged that organ too… ultimately he died.
Was he using daily?
So sorry for your loss.It is a disease being an addict.Time is a great healer.
When you always compare the amount of Ketamin to knock out a horse and what humans consume: There is a HUGE difference between intravenous injections and sniffing, for ketamine.
It's basically the difference between throwing bullets and shooting them. Sure, the thrown bullets will leave bruises, but it's the fired ones that get you.
Huge important difference, true.
Yeah this was massively oversimplified.
You can IV ketamine and it won't kill you a gram probably might though
I recently found out that EMTs & FD routinely dose the very people they are meant to help!
For the example of the effect of ketamine on horses you Need to put in perspective that the horse had an intravenous application of 100% ketamine.
The „Party-Ketamine“ isn‘t as clean as the medical one, moreover the nasal use is less stronger.
So it’s Not the same when you sniff 1g of ket
I went to school with the guy at the beginning, he had amazing potential in life, WHAT A MUSICIAN may I add. Now to see him like this is painful, I just shows the effect of Ketamine and drugs as a whole. Myself and many others were the same for many years, abusing ketamine as it’s so accessible, cheap and easy to do. Dealers jump with joy when someone new gets hooked on their gear, as they know the user will come back everyday, buying more amounts every week.
Archie was the nicest guy in the world and probably still is, the party scene, drug scene, mixed with this idea of “Freedom” has tainted his life and many others, thinking they can do it forever! Two people in the last 6 years have died from drug related incidents, just from my school, countless more have perished in the surrounding areas too. People need to be educated on drug use and addiction, until then the situation will stay rife.
That's sad we had an Archie didn't make music though. Really fucked his mind up long term
Where do these users get their cash from? Burglary?
He’s so fine by the way. Can you drop his social @‘s because he’s….just 😍
What's his name
So having a wild night out means you fucked up in life?
I get that some people are hopelessly addicted like the guy pissing blood. But for all you know he's on the 9-5 grind and this is his way to unwind.
I live in the UK and am now 9 months sober & clean from being a huge cocaine & alcohol addict. Finally a good father, good husband & present in the moment for my childeren. I pray for people stuck in addiction and can highly recommend CA as a starting place whatever the drug or addiction 🙏🏼
Damn this is so sad seeing him basically dying slowly but the addiction has him gripped! When in uni I did try some of the substances mentioned in this video but wasn't into the whole sniffing unknown substances where you don't know what it contains and if it can cause severe damage 😓. Prays go out!
Rule 1, always test your stuff 💯💯✌️
You didn't sniff but smoking or shooting isn't much better either lol
Ket isn't addictive
@@MrNathan32smithit’s illegal in my country…
@@winstoningram99 Who are you trying to convince brother? You're saying this on multiple comments and its just not true, physical addiction is not the only type of addiction. Do you think the guy doing 2-3g a day of ket isn't addicted?
The reason that the horse was knocked out by 1.5 g of Ketamine is because it was injected directly into its bloodstream so the bioavailability (actual amount of drug that enters bloodstream) is 100%. Intranasal ketamine bioavailability is about 45-50% so when a person inhales 1 gram of ketamine, only about 450-500 mg are actually absorbed into the blood and this is the portion of the dose that generates the effects a person experiences. These numbers are only accurate if we assume that the ketamine being sold on the street is 100% pure, which it likely isn't so the actual dosage of ketamine a person gets is probably even lower.
Ketamine saved my life, a lifetime of severe depression and ptsd gone and I can live normally for the first time ever. It's been a miracle for me and I do mean that.
Absolutely hear you. IV Ketamine Treatment for severe Treatment Resistant Clinical Depression was/is a God-Send. An amazingly effective treatment via an exceedingly safe medication.
Wish I could afford ketamine therapy. I also have pretty bad ptsd and anxiety.
@@lizhenson4563 there are some companies that offer it cheaper. Mindlbloom I think.
@@TessaScholl thank you, I'll look into it (:
The disassociation from your current state of mind is key. Anything which allows you to disassociate from your body, or mind, for some time helps. It's not only drugs that accomplish this. Exercise accomplishes this. Activity accomplishes this.
Now granted, if the trauma is severe enough, I doubt there's anything in the world that would provide long-term help. Something like seeing your parents get murdered in cold blood in front of your eyes, for example,
In truth I did Ketmaine almost daily for a couple years. Lived by myself and would do it after work, in the dark in silence. I saw everything from Hell itself to Heaven above and all levels in between. It was an amazing teacher. I haven't done it in years now.
Same
@@marythompson626same just tryna stop
I’ve never done it. I think there’s more stigma with it in the US. Idk anyone who uses or who has admitted to using it
Lol exactly. Always the low key lads drug of choice. Only drug you can float into another dimension on, come down and go to work the next day like nothing happened.
Do weed
13:05- The epitome of someone who’s trapped in an altered state of consciousness, so much so that they believe their drug of choice is somehow a good thing. This guy puts his physical body, mental health, finances, prospects, family, friends and self respect in the bin every day for his drug. That is the power of addiction. He deserves so much more, as do we all ❤️
Maybe he will be reincarnated as a horse.
@rafaeldejesus8199it isn’t, and the fact you felt the need to comment this shows the extent of your intelligence
@@Thrillkilled as someone who smokes weed everyday, yes, it is bad, just less bad than harddrugs, but definitely not harmless
@@officialshinky Yeah like you are never going to die from smoking weed but it can change you in similar way that alcohol does. So when person is not high they are kind of sedated and can't think or talk properly. Recovery from this is probably difficult.
Any drug if you want to use it needs to be done in moderation and you need to take into account what it does to your body and give your body time to recuperate between uses. Another good thing about waiting between uses is that highs and experience is way better especially the case with drugs that affect your brain chemistry.
I personally don't enjoy any type of depressant(except alcohol here and there) or dissociative drug like ketamine for example and my drug of choice is uppers like speed and mdma so I can only use that stuff every 4-5 months minimum because it is hard on body, and luckily those drugs don't cause body addiction. As they say less is more.
@rafaeldejesus8199do not compare ketamine addiction to people who smoke marijuana😂😂😂🤦🏼♀️
I’ve had drug addictions in the past. But if i was to ever start pissing blood from a drug I am done immediately.
yet to finish this but it hurts to see my friends heavily abuse drugs - for it to be so accessible and normalised too - and i hate to feel controlling/judgy, telling them they probably shouldn't do it so often, but it is their life. drawing the line is so difficult
Your judgement is good advice
i feel the exact same of you... All of my friends and my gf too are ket users (hopefully not abusers), but sometimes i feel like lost watching them always on ket like everry weekend...
@@emanuele2474Every weekend is abuse.
I was a hardcore recreational user for about 4 months. The k-holes are like catatonic states with heavy visual trips. I got out because I knew I had a problem before the pissing blood part. I swear if someone told me hey you might piss blood from using this I never would of tried it.
So sad almost heartbreaking seeing this guy waste his physical being, the stress of what he’s done makes him use more . I hope he gets help .
One of the biggest things I find when I try to quit anything is that you all of a sudden have more time, time you would spend doing that thing but instead you do nothing. Which causes you to think “well why not? I’m bored”
Estos si son documentales de verdad. Adoro el trabajo que hace VICE en mostrarnos estas cosas desde un punto de vista neutral e imparcial, tal cual como son en la realidad.
I am 7 years clean off ket and coke. I am hoping that young man quits before it's too late. I can tell he's nearly at death's door and it's very sad to see. I felt the same way near the end of my using days. 💕 There is hope on the other side
He seems fine to me
@@memyself6360 pissing blood is not fine at all 😂😂
He seems mentally not well and physically
im 17 and i live in bristol, and honest to god the ket problem is insane, i dont know anyone my age who hasn't done ket or had a close friend do ket, its literally everywhere
Is k still around in 2024 in Europe? It’s very hard to get here in USA. I haven’t seen/heard of it being around in many years
@@edunn73 yeah. i dont know about europe in general, but I know its a major problem in the uk thats only growing, ecstasy has been replaced by ket for most people, and it is especially bad in my city - ket capital! everyones doing it, and theyre all doing it younger.
Tried ket 1 time. The most intense high I've ever had, lost a few hours and tripped balls. I absolutely loved it. Never tried it again for the fear of becoming addicted to the high 😳
Any pissing blood issues? I want to try but got the fear now