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Fire Breaks Out at Thailand Club

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An investigation has been launched by Thailandā€™s prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, after a blaze broke out in a nightclub near Bangkok on Friday, killing 15 people.

At around 1:AM on Friday, August 5, a fire started at Mountain B, a nightclub in Thailandā€™s Chonburi area just 90 miles from the capital of Bangkok. 15 people between the ages of 17-49 were killed, while a further 40 were injured. The blaze took three hours to put out, according to the team of firefighters who attended the scene where the fire spread faster due to the foam soundproof cladding lining the walls.

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Ketamine as Potential Treatment for Depression, Anxiety & Chronic Pain

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The taboo party drug ketamine is being hailed as a potential treatment for depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. Since the 1970s ketamine has been legally prescribed in the United States as an anesthetic. Due to the drug’s dissociative and hallucinogenic effects, it’s become a popular rave culture drug. Other psychedelics such as LSD or MDMA cannot be legally prescribed because there are no medically recognized health benefits.

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An easing of prescription rules during COVID-19 has allowed more Americans to access the drug through their doctors for at-home mental health treatments. Some have hailed the drug as a breakthrough therapy for depression and other mental health conditions. Others remain skeptical because there is little evidence to support how effective ketamine is for depression. There are limited large-scale studies of ketamine’s medical impact, leaving some to also conclude that an unregulated boom of the drug could result in tragedies and a regulatory crackdown.

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Originally reported by NDTV.