This week on NPR's Short Wave podcast, we're diving into the science behind drugs like psychedelics and ketamine. We're also talking to researchers about how they're trying to untangle the effects of ...

K is a wonder drug. K is addictive. K is transcendental. Beware the K-hole. Matthew Perry drowned in his hot tub while on ketamine. Seemingly overnight, these trippy molecules went from being Nancy ...

Ketamine clinics have been growing in popularity as an alternative depression treatment, but after the death of celebrity ...

I sought help from a ketamine clinic like Matthew Perry. Things went wrong. What happened was the scariest experience of my life. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large If it’s a trendy health or wellness ...

My journey to ketamine began last June. The house I lived in was placed on the marketk and I had to move. The move put me in a funk. Santa Barbara was in the midst of May gray/June gloom and I began ...

Companies now offer at-home ketamine to treat depression. But questions remain over the safety and efficacy of such therapies. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's ...

Ketamine has long been considered a safe anesthetic, one perceived as carrying little harm and having the potential to help treat some of the most refractory mental health conditions. So when the Los ...

The 54-year-old actor's cause of death was described as "acute effects of ketamine." How and why he took the ketamine was unclear. "Contributing factors in Mr. Perry’s death include drowning, coronary ...