Doctors issue stark warning over mail-order ketamine therapy as clinics start posting drug as liquid injectable [Video]

09:54 EDT 30 Jun 2024, updated 10:36 EDT 30 Jun 2024

Top U.S. doctors have issued a chilling warning over the rise of mail-order ketamine therapy after clinics started posting the drug as an injectable.

Tens of thousands of Americans are flocking to the sedative as a growing body of research shows it can be used to treat depression.

But experts have sounded the alarm over firms who post the drug to vulnerable customers following cursory online checks. 

Doctors say unsupervised administration of the tranquilizer, despite being legal, is ‘a recipe for disaster’.

Now, the American Society of Physicians, Psychotherapists, and Practitioners (ASKP3), the largest think tank for ketamine practitioners, has warned against firms that have started to post the drug as an injectable.