At urging of Minneapolis police, EMS workers subdued dozens with ketamine
<i>Minneapolis police previously had no policy addressing the drug, and the department manual classifies it as a “date rape drug” for its powerful sedative impact and ability to erase or alter memory.</i><p>That&#x27;s funny, because the World Health Organization classifies it as an &quot;essential medicine.&quot; I&#x27;m being somewhat disingenuous as I do understand it has potential for abuse, but &quot;date rape drug&quot;? I&#x27;ve never once heard of ketamine used for that. Meanwhile it&#x27;s being looked at for treating depression and other things. This over-the-top drug war rhetoric is so frustrating.