Elon Musk's Advocacy for Ketamine Use: Impact on Investors and Mental Health

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In a controversial interview with Don Lemon, Elon Musk discussed his use of ketamine to treat depression, stating that it helps him get out of a negative frame of mind and that he takes a small amount once every other week. Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic with hallucinogenic effects, legally used for medical purposes but often distributed illegally in the U.S. It is not an opioid and is classified as a Schedule III drug by the DEA. The FDA has not approved ketamine for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
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