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    Who cares what the cause of the behavior is? It is unacceptable.

    That should be enough. No need to even try to explain of empathize with it.

    But it is telling that the richest man in the history of mankind acts like this. People should see that wealth does not equate to strength, intelligence, good politics, etc. But instead people see wealth as a way to get away with anything they want, even if it is completely embarrassing stuff that no one with self respect would even think about.

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    Along with those unsettling side effects, the psychopharmacology researcher and her team also found that regular users scored very high on delusional thinking scales and seemed to be convinced that they were receiving secret messages sent to them alone

    Sounds like him but honestly money and power is probably enough to explain his delusional behaviour

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    I’m currently taking 80mg ketamine troches and can verify that I am not a sociopathic Nazi.

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    Imagine coming out of a K hole and finding that you’ve caused the most powerful nation in the world to collapse.

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    I’m not huge into drugs, can someone explain to me why a billionaire takes ketamine? Isn’t it a prescription painkiller?

    Shouldn’t he be smoking brainstem of an endangered rainforest frog, or some nameless lab chemical synthesized personally for him?

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    I mean… we all have that friend who does mushrooms or drops acid and thinks they are the savior of the human race.

    The only difference is that the next day they have to go work their shift at IHOP rather than waking up and being the richest person in the world.

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    Hey look, the media blaming drugs for stupid people doing stupid shit.

    This isn’t the ketamine. He would probably be even worse without it.

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    They gave my cat ket before they euthanized her. She looked absolutely blissful, but certainly in no fit state to run a government.

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    A fragile ego and sense of entitlement could also explain a lot of it. This comes from experience and, thankfully, at least some people can get better.

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    Ketamine, like any drug, should be thoroughly researched. Whether good, bad, or mixed, the knowledge would be useful.

    In any case, I think that being wealthy is the most dangerous drug of all. It frees you from the consequences of your actions. Being invulnerable from society, prevents you from knowing what it means to be harmed. It is why rich folks tend to be assholes, since they don’t understand the reality of being human. They are more akin to space aliens or dragons.

    …at this point, excessive wealth is something I believe to be a drug that harms society, not individuals.

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      There’s an insane amount of research into ketamine. That’s why they literally use it regularly to sedate children.

      It’s very safe and well tolerated. This shit isn’t about ketamine.

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      Ketamine, like any drug, should be thoroughly researched.

      Hey man, go easy on him. He’s researching it as hard as he can, while balancing other responsibilities, like running DOGE. Have you ever tried working for the federal government with a cranium full of ketamine? It’s not as easy as he makes it look.

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    People are too hard on drugs. Drugs are great. the ketamine might be helping for all we know. It’s money and feeling unwanted as a child that has caused this man’s brain damage.

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      Yeah sad to see so many people here make the same error that the US (and most of the world) did regarding cannabis for 80+ years.

      Stop falling for propaganda like this.

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      You can see the insecure little boy in him so much. Him and Joe Rogan. They are so obviously doing everything in themselves to have some confidence but not even millions and billions of dollars can fill that hole of abandonment.