ketamine
Ketamine is quietly helping Colorado patients with severe depression at a community mental health center
Patients who never found success with antidepressants are feeling their depression lift thanks to ketamine treatments at a new Mental Health Center of Denver program.
Colorado panel issues recommendations for when ketamine should be used outside of hospital settings
Paramedics injected Elijah McClain with ketamine after they said he exhibited signs of excited delirium. McClain later died.
Colorado governor signs wave of criminal justice bills into law, including ketamine measure spurred by Elijah McClain’s death
The legislation Gov. Jared Polis signed on Tuesday includes measures aimed at reducing burdensome court fees and the fallout that families in poverty can face when they don’t pay them
Effort to limit ketamine use by Colorado paramedics, police advances toward governor’s desk
The bill comes two years after the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was injected with the drug while under arrest in Aurora in 2019.
Rep. Caraveo: In the wake of unnecessary deaths, it’s past time to regulate ketamine in police situations
Elijah McClain’s death after being injected with this powerful drug exemplifies the inexcusable influence that law enforcement exerts on its use.
Colorado medics may have misdiagnosed “excited delirium” hundreds of times when dosing people with ketamine
The doctor who helped define "excited delirium" says based on Colorado's population, medics should have encountered about 57 cases in the 2.5 year period in which they gave ketamine 902 times.
Aurora temporarily bans ketamine use amid Elijah McClain probe
The ban in the city of Aurora, adopted unanimously on Monday, will stay in effect until the city-sponsored independent investigation of Elijah McClain's death is complete
Colorado anesthesiologists want paramedics to stop injecting people with ketamine during arrests
The Colorado health department last month announced a review of ketamine's use almost a year after Elijah McClain's death
State health department announces review of ketamine waivers one year after Elijah McClain’s death
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says the review will begin immediately and last at least 12 weeks. When the review is complete, a report will be issued.
Coloradans dosed with ketamine during police confrontations — like Elijah McClain was — want investigation
25 doctors signed a position paper supporting the use of ketamine when people being arrested show "excited delirium." Two men say they were in handcuffs and complying with cops when the drug was administered in Arapahoe County and Lakewood.
Colorado health officials probe sedative given before death of Elijah McClain
The inquiry is the latest in a series of new reviews of the case of Elijah McClain that has received renewed attention as part of protests over police brutality and racial injustice
Medics in Colorado dosed 902 people with ketamine for “excited delirium” in 2.5 years, including Elijah McClain
101 fire and rescue agencies in Colorado are allowed to administer ketamine. In 17% of the instances when they used the drug for "excited delirium" serious complications arose.
Colorado governor names special prosecutor to investigate death of Elijah McClain
Move by Polis comes after national attention as Aurora seeks to finalize its own secondary investigation into the incident.
