While ketamine itself is not considered highly addictive, it can sometimes interact with other medications or pre-existing medical conditions to cause serious side effects, including respiratory failure.
Prosecutors said Tuesday a Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before he was injected with ketamine by paramedics bears responsibility for the Black man’s 2019
encounter with three aurora police officers and two paramedics that prosecutors said today caused the death of elijah mcclain two years ago. each of the five defendants face one count of manslaughter and one count of criminally negligent homicide. reporter: police rushed to the scene after a 911 caller said a man walking down the street looked suspicious. that led police and paramedics to the unarmed 23-year-old who had not committed a crime. reporter: they tackled mcclain to the ground and put him in a chokehold. reporter: the family accuses of officers of using excessive force and torture, and the paramedics injected mcclain with a massive ketamine overdose, which overwhelmed elijah s body. he could not recover. mcclain died six days later in a hospital. our goal is to seek justice