Drugs, Inc. - Season 2 - Eps 5: Ketamine
Ketamine—chemically, a compound called ketamine hydrochloride—is a drug that was developed in the 1960s to sedate animals and humans for surgery, though it eventually was replaced by medications that worked faster with less risk. Beginning in the 1990s, initially to the puzzlement of police, burglars began breaking into veterinary clinics and stealing ketamine. They soon learned that recreational drug users had discovered ketamine and were turning it into the new hallucinogenic party drug. In its standard powdered form, ketamine looked like cocaine, and could be snorted in the same way. But it also could be easily modified for injecting, smoking or even mixing into drinks.
About Drugs, Inc.
Title: Drugs, Inc.
First Air Date: 2010-07-11
Last Air Date: 2015-12-30
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.5/10 (from 26 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 8
Total Episodes: 77
Network: National Geographic
Genres: Documentary, Crime
Production Companies: National Geographic, Wall to Wall
Synopsis
Drugs: A multi-billion-dollar industry that fuels crime and violence like no other substance on the planet. Turning cartel leaders into billionaires, the illegal drug industry also provides vital income to hundreds of thousands of poor workers across the globe. While some users sacrifice their lives to an addiction they can't escape, others find drugs to be their only saving grace from physical or emotional pain almost impossible to overcome. Where should the lines be drawn in this lucrative industry?
