Pissing Blood: The Ketamine Time Bomb | High Society 

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I remember saying, _”Everyone uses drugs”_ while using them, and then I realized I only hung out with drug addicts

I had a daily ketamine/cocaine and alcohol addiction that was wrecking my life. I got sober at the Providence Project treatment centre shown in this video - I will be 3 years sober in a few weeks and owe my life to that place 🙏

To the man who snorted a gram of Ketamine and a line of coke. I genuinely wish you are alive and well.

I feel so bad for the K addict. You can tell he’s a good guy and he just can’t quit. He needs help.

Lived in a house with ketamine addicts. Hearing them screaming and crying as they peed was a horrifying reality. I couldn't believe the amount of pain they were willing to go through to get high.

I love this interviewer. He has such an empathetic approach that seems to really help the subject of the documentary open up and speak freely. Every doc I’ve seen him in has been excellent.

I'm a musician and a band colleague started doing Ketamine and Coke regularly around one year ago. At the beginning it was like every third rehearsal and everbody was like "Yeah he got this under control" Now it's like multiple lines of K and coke everyday. It's spiraling out of control. Don't touch that stuff. You can't control it.

After watching Vice´s drug documentaries it really solidiefies my stance in that drug dealers have absolutely no clue on what they are doing or on how drugs work.

i really like how impartial all of these documentaries always have been, never telling you what to do, never throwing any labels on users but just providing an unbiased and objective observation of the world of drugs and how it affects people and the body. been missing these vice.

This is sad. I take IV Ketamine medically for CPTSD and Depression with a doctor in Washington State and it honestly has changed my life for the better. Drugs have the ability to heal people but they can be equally as harmful, especially without medical supervision. I have experienced a plethora of horrible side effects from many different antidepressants, while on the flip side I receive medical marijuana which helps a ton with my pain, as well with my occasional Ketamine boosters every 9 months, so I know drugs aren’t all just black and white like some say they are, though that also doesn’t mean they can’t just as easily be abused and harmful. Hopefully one day the worlds governments will learn to focus more on studying, decriminalizing, and regulating substances rather than demonizing anyone who uses them. Maybe then there wouldn’t be things like “Ket Bladder” and drug cartels wouldn’t be able to distribute products cut with unknown often fatal adulterants all for a quick buck.

As a medical professional it’s absolutely wild seeing someone insufflate 1000mg of ketamine in one sitting, I mean for someone 165lbs or 74kg were would push anywhere from 100-250mg depending on the person, other medications, etc but for the average 165lbs person a 150mg dose via IV would have you at surgical anesthsia levels 100% and within seconds usually less the 1 minute, so he is doing ten times that and just hanging out!!! But that goes to show you how significant drug tolerance can be, same with opioids. I’ve seen patients that would inject 160mg of OxyContin, that dose could kill several people without a opioid tolerance, however all this aside ketamine is really one of the safest dissociative anesthetics out there, preserves breathing reflex, mild increase in BP an bronchodilation

Depression haunted my life from a very young age, and I was put on a bunch of SSRIs as a child in attempt to deal with it. None worked. Psychedelic mushrooms was brought to my attention. It was the first thing that actually had real effects. They should only be used with great care and respect. 0:19

I lost my partner to a K overdose a few years ago. He was an addict and started urinating blood. Shortly after that we met and he decided to be sober and I supported him on that journey. One night he was alone and decided to ball out like he did when he was frequently using like a couple Gs. He was found the next day in a hotel room. Man was sober for over a year only for one night to change it all. Everyday I think about him and everything he would have been by now. I knew his deepest darkest fears and to see those become a reality breaks my heart everyday. It only took one slip up.

I used to have a ketamine addiction. I was hanging around a group that could see me getting worse. No one said anything about it until one New Years, I said I need to stop this year. I got laughed at and told I couldn’t do it. After completing the year sober from it I stuck up a middle finger to the group and I’m no longer part of it. I used to get cramps after a few pints or a bump, but now I haven’t touched it in nearly two years

I was a Ketamine addict while living in India (my pharmacist/chemist would sell me pharma vials of it for $5 USD a piece). The SINGLE MOST PAINFUL experience of my life was when I had K bladder. I'm a man and have a high pain tolerance BUT would sit crying on the toilet while pissing chunks of blood and eroded bladder matter. I still have anxiety and nightmares of this randomly occurring again even though I haven't touched Ketamine in over 3 years. It is an amazing psychedelic experience, BUT you can become addicted to the dimension travel and the K-hole itself. DO NOT MESS AROUND WITH IT. BE RESPONSIBLE IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE IT.

It’s crazy and mind blowing how much damage the body can take!

this man is one of vices gems, so we'll conducted. he's always super respectful and professional. so much respect for this guy's journalism

My wife broke her arm and in the ER they had to give her ketamine to reset the bone and cast her arm. She went out and came back after everything was done and the doctor said “how was your trip?” My wife responded with “absolutely terrible” doc said “alright that’s what I like to hear!!” Seeing this video makes that remark make sense!

Estos si son documentales de verdad. Adoro el trabajo que hace VICE en mostrarnos estas cosas desde un punto de vista neutral e imparcial, tal cual como son en la realidad.

Ketamine is not my drug of choice, but this doc is exactly what I needed rn to stay sober. Thanks for making this.

As a veterinarian, we don't just use ketamine for horses, we use it for dogs, cats, small mammals it is a great anesthetic drug. There is a good chance that your animal has had ketamine.

Ketamine, LSD, DMT and psilocybin containing mushrooms are just amazing. I was diagnosed with ADHD since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

Speed, coke and ecstacy were the majority of early 2000s for gen X, ket came about a little later and we dipped in but it's weird to see it take off like it has. It's not exactly a social drug which was pretty much the entire point of it all back then. Really hope the chap with the habit is doing better, my heart goes out to him.

Vice is really doing good work with these docs, the interviewer is always impartial and non judgemental about everyone that accepts to be part of these projects. Thank you Vice for showing this side of society without the unessesary stigma

I really hope jack gets through his addiction. His honesty in this interview is amazing.

I'm glad I know how to use it responsibly and have ZERO intention on abusing it. I got into some heavy heroin/Fent/Xylazine use and that taught me a lot. Got a lot of knowledge and help from many different resources and counseling on addiction. You can never have enough knowledge. Now with the Ket, I use it in small amounts therapeutically and never every day. ***Important*** If are going to use Ketamine, drink green tea. It helps with bladder issues. Also ECGC extract as a preventative. Be knowledge. Be safe.

Very insightful and measured documentary. Struggling to believe the quantities some of these people are/were taking considering the amount it took to floor a 600kg horse.

Ketamine is an interesting drug. At moderate doses it's a psychedelic. At high doses it's a tranquilizer. At low doses (less than 20mg per day) it's an anti-depressant used in drug-resistant therapy for depression. The studies out there about this now are fascinating.

My addiction wasn’t ketamine but I’m glad that videos like this exist to show what can happen to someone when the drugs takeover and you’re no longer in control anymore, but that there is help out there for the people that need it. Works if you work it and I’m currently 2 1/2 months clean and going strong.

In truth I did Ketmaine almost daily for a couple years. Lived by myself and would do it after work, in the dark in silence. I saw everything from Hell itself to Heaven above and all levels in between. It was an amazing teacher. I haven't done it in years now.

im 17 and i live in bristol, and honest to god the ket problem is insane, i dont know anyone my age who hasn't done ket or had a close friend do ket, its literally everywhere

That poor guy (on the CK and with bladder problems). I like how respectful and unpatronizing the interviewer was.

I love that this humanizes drug users. People on the outside looking in see them as irredeemable, and think they can simply snap out of the habit. But they are people with real issues trying to escape something and remove themselves from reality even if only for a moment.

I had no idea how deep this rabbit hole goes . Wow. Eye opening

Im a recovering addicts from heroin. I'm still struggling,but just trust your heart,you will survive. Still have the whole world to explore,and it's beautiful

The cycle of addiction is one of the most powerfully depressing things. That man (Jack) is so sad, he's completely given up. He knows he's killing himself, but he literally can't do anything about it. Knowing you are beyond saving from a situation you ultimately chose to get yourself into has to be so sad.

I could feel all the sadness in the one dude who was doing those big CK's 🥺 wishing for protection on this kind creative soul. You are still that creative and dope person without abusing your body. Much hope and well wishes to you Jack

Psilocybin, LSD, shrooms and ketamine are absolutely life changing substances that have so much potential to help people with mental health issues.

Ketamine therapy is a treatment approach that uses low doses of ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic medication, to manage various mental health conditions, such as treatment-resistant depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Just adore these documentaries. So important to keep drug information readily available for everyone, especially in a digestible form. Thanks and keep up the great work!

I was heavily involved in the Rave scene here in Toronto. My Ketamine addiction almost cost me my bladder & kidney to be removed. The specialist @ the hospital said i was insanely lucky, I quit all drugs in 11 years ago and never looked back. I can live somewhat of a normal life now but I have to take medication.. some of my friends didn't make it as lucky as myself

Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery. It's quite fascinating how effective they are for depression and stress.. Saved my life.

That line was hugeeee

As a former K addict and someone who was sent to the Hospital due to Ketamine, this video hits hard and is such a good educational video about the drug itself thank you Vice.

jack is so deeply hurt. i really hope he's ok, and i hope he can battle this addiction.

You can tell that Amy is such a beautiful soul, I just hope she is still in the path and found her happiness in that happy ending. Coz who ever he is, he will be a lucky man

I hope Amy found someone. I'm here after trying it but lost 2 friends withing a year of us "trying it" I haunts me so much. Bless yo Amy

I'm glad this was made. I can't stress enough how dangerous ketamine is for the bladder and kidneys. Ketamine is amazing, but is too easy to fall into casual use because it's such a fantastic drug. 10 years of use and you'll be painfully pissing 50 ml at a time. Believe me not worth it.

As an older man that has used dope and mushrooms to escape the reality of my terrible childhood trauma I can say, "there is no escape". Instead it is through mindful practices, "what it is that you focus on" that allows you to make a truly rewarding life. It's not "what you get from life" but what you give to life that brings the real happiness. I've realised that judgement of others treatment towards you if other's are cruel or harmful towards you or of the negative narrative of life that is truly destructive to you. When you practice judgement or seek justice it's forms a cruel self judgement that debiltates you. More self hatred, therefore more self harm. Drugs actually stop you being able to use "your mind" THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVE from being useful to you. Unfortunately the world is so bad and people so unfair, cruel, vicious, predatory, and harmful. This is all learned behaviour, we feel like we have to protect ourselves from further harm. If you start to make a practice of finding the beauty and wonder in the moment I assure you you can become wonderful, beautiful, kind, and happy. Therefore creating in you, and those around you wonderful reality. John Edit: I'll add, have a look at abandonment theory, everyone ever knew used drugs and alcohol for escape had this commonality. I actually believe we all have the issue to some degree. I have, and the work I've done on it has been rewarding.

Omg that line he did right after “why do we do it” 😬 I felt that deep in the force

Holy crap, the guy with the two lines 'CK' is just f'd up, in my estimate but then i was a heroin addict for ten years. Got off everything with help from my partner who supported me while i stayed in a hotel room for two months while i kicked my habit; sweats, chills, puking, leg cramps, stomach aches, etc...33 years later STILL clean. Lost my partner 3.5 years ago & miss him terribly for everything he helped me with including work place injuries, etc....Wow, this is a mess, much like fentanyl which didnt exist when i was using heroin, thankfully!

Brava to Matt for being so respectful, poised, and honest. His conversation with Jack was raw and dark, riddled with strong emotions and devastating fact. Im affected by what I just saw, its sorrow, guilt, and extreme fear. These episode keep getting better. Brilliant work.

Amazing video. Thanks for drawing attention to this vice! I was a ket addict between the ages of 17-18. I vividly remember staying at a friends house on the sofa one evening, and his dad walked into the living room just as I was doing my morning line. He didn’t say anything but I realised that day K had completely warped my perception of what was normal. I did about 2.5-3g a day and the cramps/bladder symptoms were unbearable. I’m over 3 years clean now from daily use (with a short relapse early this year unfortunately) but I have to express my life has changed immeasurably for the better. I definitely subscribe to the NA philosophy “once an addict, always an addict”. I know I could never trust myself to touch a drug in moderation again. I’ve quit drinking too for that very reason. If you’re someone looking for a reason to quit - please take my comment into consideration. When I was an addict I was sick, clinically depressed, suicidal, and barely coping with my job or relationship. Sober me is successful, works hard, has emotional capacity for when things go wrong, and can tackle struggles head on whilst also having Grace and patience with myself. ❤

Que agradecido de haber probado muchas pero no haberme quedado jamás enganchado. Ojalá todos puedan dejarlas, no te aportan nada de realmente de valor a tu vida como ser viviente 🙌 las drogas no son la solución a nuestros problemas ❤

i spoke to this guy on the bus from school today , to the people saying he’s a druggie , he ain’t he’s chill asf

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My dad was given roughly 100mg of ketamine in total when he was in a motorcycle accident, his recounting of when he felt it enter his system was: “I felt like I was put on a rocket ship and sent into space”

watching blue planet whilst wearing a stethoscope so it feels like youre underwater is a brilliant idea!! that really amuses me!

this is so heartbreaking and makes me feel so unwell... i tried ket a few times and had a really bad experience from it already (luckily) so that I won't get addicted from it. But i do have friends and many People who i know take it in really big amounds. I'm really worried for them :(

As a person in recovery for five years i can tell you being clean and sober is much easier than being an active drug user. People aren't created and meant to use drugs and you dont need drugs to feel right. That's part of these people's addictions the drugs make them think they need them to feel right when in reality nobody needs drugs to feel right.

It’s refreshing to see the documentary not stigmatize the drug users. Even if it warns of the risks of ketamine, it does not degrade or insult the people involved… I’ve never been a drug user let alone addict, but I hope I can be as respectful and understanding as possible to those people.

Nice doc! Thanks!

The first time I came across K was circe 1988 when someone was testing meds from a robbed vets - drooling and crawling. The next time was circe 1991 when a friends 18 yr old daughter did it in a van which caught fire and she couldnt move. Luckily someone realised and pulled her out. Now it's everywhere and 20 year olds have catheter bags. I've never done it. I hate it so much.

I escaped being sexually assaulted on ketamine by literally dragging myself out of the apartment, crawling to my car, and locking the doors until I sobered up enough to drive home and never tried it again after that. Be very careful about who you get inebriated with, please. Thank you.

Man I hope he’s ok. You might think it crazy to keep using with seeing blood but that’s addiction. I understand it. I wish I never knew addiction but unfortunately I know it too well.

When I was on ketamine, I thought I was a balloon bumping along my ceiling. I also couldn't stop thinking about death, which kinda messed up my high. K holes are crazy!

13:36 I only did K like six? times but I have to agree that it's definitely a mind and creativity expanding substance. My most "different" yet still beautiful drawings and poems were done on either on k, acid or dxm (the last one I dislike). Also ket contributed to my growth as a person, it made me understand things about myself that would take me years to realize sober

Macro vs Micro had success in doing a few Macro first . Allowing the mushrooms to blast you into self awareness , showing you the shadows and trauma that have been hiding under the rug . Micro dosing has helped me stay on the pulse of my shadow work , helping me remember my best self .

So glad your covering this! Not many know about ketamine bladder. I had a friend who killed himself because of it, and obviously his mental health wasnt perfect.

It's so trippy to watch this. In my life, ketamine was big for me and huge in my city in the US around 2009. Now, not so much. And it was not cheap.. not on the east coast anyway. 😮

The K abuser was TERRIFYING, he seemed so ok yet so destraught. That is heart dropping to see you practically falling apart.

Amy is a courageous person. A lovely lady. Good for her! Not easy but such a wonderful example of personal strength & not giving up.

Super eye opening. It got home hearing Amy talking about getting sober and finding someone to “have sober babies”. Very touching. I hope everyone on this documentary finds the light they need especially Jack. 💕

One thing about the therapeutic use of ketamine: I was super suicidial in early 2021. I consumed Ketamine and enjoyed art (Music and good movies) because I heard that the Swiss (now Germany too) use it for therapeutic medical use. I was sexually abused by my mother and my father was a brutal sociopath. This expierience with KETA+ART really safed my life and changed it, for a better purpose. IDK whats that was but it fells like magic. It was a really chaning situation but its still a play with fire. Don't let the respect of any substance but the potential of the therapeutic use is underrated! Stay safe bros,sistas, unicorns, fathers and mothers and all in between.♥ be open for change Edit: The movies that changed my life was: AKIRA, GHOST IN THE SHELL, PERFECT BLUE, MIDNIGHT GOSPEL and PAPRIKA

I used to love ketamine, still do but I don’t do it anymore. Started out at raves but ended up cooped up in the house constantly holed with documentaries like “blue planet” in the background. Literally felt like I was floating in the scene of the documentaries, visualizing the most beautiful fairy tale universes

Good on vice for adding an NA component to this doc. Ive been in the program for a year now and life has gotten infinitely better! It's really good to bring awareness to how to get better - rehab and meetings. 🙏

Damn this is so sad seeing him basically dying slowly but the addiction has him gripped! When in uni I did try some of the substances mentioned in this video but wasn't into the whole sniffing unknown substances where you don't know what it contains and if it can cause severe damage 😓. Prays go out!

First time I saw someone on ketamine he looked like he was paralysed from the bottom to the top. He couldn't close his mouth and his hands were all twisted. Lasted about 30 minutes, looked like an overdose but he was fine. It is incredibly sad to see people from 15 to around 50? Using this drug. I genuinely enjoy alcohol but I am trying to cut down.

That line 😱 his nose is gonna collapse! Its really sad and i hope all the addicts get well im a former addict myself not ket, an I'm just 5 years clean an feel for all addicts, its living hell on Earth x

I really respect that they asked and made sure he wasn't just snorting a gram of ketamine for the camera. Multiple times. Genuine interviewer / cameramen

Im in remission for my addiction to opiates and ive seen a lot of similarities between opiate addicts and k addicts. The best advice I can give people is to just stay away from all of it. You dont ever want to get to a point where you no longer know how to live sober and itll eventually get like that. then youre trapped and it takes a hell of a lot of willpower and some plain old luck to get out, before some real damage is done.

I had to get this in my IV as my sedative for my wisdom tooth removal and they didn’t warn me that it was K before (i knew what ketamine did already so i would’ve been prepared) and i just started hallucinating so hard i was like wtf is happening to me and the doctors looked like aliens when i came to and opened my eyes and it was insane 😭

I've tried almost any drug except of heroine and I'm glad that I didn't touch ket. I'm sober for 4 years and it's the best thing that happened to me, indeed.

Seeing them students sat around listing all the drugs they've ordered for a festival - what a sad existence.

We use Ketamine as paramedics, I used it today to relocate a patients dislocated ankle. Very effective if used correctly, the patient was completely disassociated and unaware of us tractioning her ankle back into place. We just have to keep them in a good head space beforehand so they don’t freak out and hallucinate.

K was my fav back in the late 80's and early 90's. It was quite popular in NY then and easy to acquire.

"Hello, America? This is England. Listen, we hear you're having some problems with your Xylazine addition. We've also got an animal tranquilizer called Ketamine. We've been taking it for the past sixty years and...well we think you should try some of this instead."

I had a massive drug addiction when I was in University and spiralled to the point of a near-death experience via suicide twice. In my perspective it's a horrible experience, and I lost my flat mate to a ket overdose mixed with alcohol. She was in her closet in the room and a pathologist told us she had supposedly strangled herself trying to reach for more breath. I've been on the sober road since then and graduated couple years back, and I've lost 2 other friends to drug overdoses since. This is a very educational video that could potentially bring those back who've lost control with addiction. Thanks Vice!

I really like the way the interviewer approaches the folk, open minded, very considerate. Great journalism.

I was given Ketamine for pain relief after a bad injury. The experience was awful and I can’t fathom how people find using this drug fun or pleasurable.

hahah the way chef explains his stew.... brah I'm sold right there 😅😅😅

Thank you for showing the addictive perspective of K, I’m so tired of hearing about the benefits constantly and never being warned about the dangers. I don’t like speaking about my addiction but if even one person reads this and decides to listen to my advice it will be worth it. I genuinely never believed I could become addicted to k or that it could harm me, I’ve learned the hard way and 5 years later I don’t know how to get out of the hole. Furthermore the support for k addicts in this country is awful, most doctors don’t understand the damage or addiction potential of the drug meaning I’ve been to hospital before with k cramps and they’ve told me it’s ‘anxiety’. overcome this addiction as I have spent the last few years telling myself that this will be the last bump only to relapse the next day. I’m lucky that I’ve avoided bladder issues until now but I know it’s only a matter of time. For me, the main reason I use k is to treat my mental illness, I feel in part let down by the system which has offered me no support with my personality disorder since I turned 18 except giving me some pills to take. I want to stop but I feel like I can’t because it’s all I have as a safety net against my mental illness, but it’s a self fulfilling prophecy as the k makes me more depressed long term. To anyone using recreationally who has started using alone, using every time they drink, spending more than they can afford on k, getting any type of pain from it or has started building up a huge tolerance where they need more than a g to get high- please stop before you get in too deep. If I’m not able to beat this I at least want to know I helped another other individual choose a better path for themselves. This addiction will cost you jobs, relationships even with family, it will lose you friends and the respect of your peers, it will have you rolling on the bathroom floor in agony and sat on the loo for hours unable to piss. You will start to forget things, you won’t remember whole periods of time, faces, people, you will question reality and your own perception of yourself. You will no longer gain pleasure from anything except the obtaining and using of k and even then you will realize one day the horrible truth that even the k doesn’t help you anymore, and by then its already too late. It’s like the most toxic relationship because you want to get out but you’re trapped and if you have even one moment of weakness you’re back with that person. K was there for me during breakups and deaths and divorces and it felt so safe and good and now it’s the root of my problems. I never have money to spend on nice things for myself I have to spend it all on k, I work so hard just to waste it all on drugs and feel horrible about it. I’m sure a lot of people are reading this thinking just quit then, and I hope that I find that strength, I am truly trying, but it is so tiring living in a brain that is constantly trying to hurt you. Sometimes I just don’t wanna carry on. To anyone suffering with this right now I don’t have the answer but you aren’t alone and if you’re just now starting to build a habit please please put the k down before you end up deep in the k hole. Peace and love x

Thank you, Vice. I need video's like this to remind me why I'm sober. It's not worth trying just because you're curious so don't be fooled thinking it's harmless fun folks.

Tried ket 1 time. The most intense high I've ever had, lost a few hours and tripped balls. I absolutely loved it. Never tried it again for the fear of becoming addicted to the high 😳

Can we all just calm down a second and appreciate how freaking gorgeous that horse is? Wow.

12:16 Literally the prime example of a severe addiction. Sad that he’s so aware yet at the point where’s he’s done it for so long he doesn’t even try to stop anymore.

Thank you so much for this video. Ive begun experimenting with k a bit and it is quite honestly one of my favorite drugs by far, but with the knowledge ive gained from this video i think im too scared to pick it up as a habit. Thank god for the internet and it's ability to spread drug safety

Thanks for your prevention work 🙏 god is within us

“Make sober babies” has to be one of the hardest hitting things in this for me, I hope the same for myself