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How can anyone be addicted to alcohol? Its effects are also shit, overdosing can definitely make the abuser a vegetable (temporarily and, over time, permanently).

Both drugs act on similar receptors (GABA), and both induce euphoria, which can lead to abusive behaviour when users keep chasing that ever waning bits of euphoria.



> Both drugs act on similar receptors (GABA)

Ketamine has no affinity for either GABA receptor type, nor does it modulate their activity. It's primarily a NMDAR antagonist.


> How can anyone be addicted to alcohol? Its effects are also shit

Alcohol is a high-calorie meal. Its effect is not that long. Also it helps to survive a cold such as on polar regions.




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