Nonmedical and medical ketamine use with Owen Bowden-Jones and Arun Sahai

S3E14 - Nonmedical and medical ketamine use with Owen Bowden-Jones and Arun Sahai

Published: September 5, 2025

Duration: 20:09

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth speaks to Professor Owen Bowden-Jones from Central North-West London NHS Foundation and Mr Arun Sahai from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, both in the UK. The interview covers an editorial they wrote with Professor Paul Dargan on responses to non-medical and medical ketamine use, including concerns about the increasing harms from illicit ketamine and excitement about the potential therapeutic value of ketamine.  

We apologise for the sound quality at points during this episode, but we promise its worth the listen!

·      Ketamine and its uses [01:15]

·      Why ketamine is lis...