Ketamine is a drug that doctors and vets made to stop pain and to put a body to sleep for an operation. It works in a strange way: the person or animal may still have their eyes open, but they do not feel the cut, and they can feel far away from their own body. Hospitals and animal clinics still use it, especially when they need something that will not slow breathing as much as some other sleep drugs. That is the legal medical story.

Ketamine is a drug that doctors and vets madeKetamine是醫生和獸醫研發出來的一種藥物 to stop pain and to put a body to sleep for an operation用來止痛，並在手術時讓身體進入睡眠狀態 It works in a strange way它的作用方式很奇特 the person or animal may still have their eyes open病人或動物可能眼睛還睜著 but they do not feel the cut卻感覺不到傷口 and they can feel far away from their own body還可能覺得自己好像離自己的身體很遠 Hospitals and animal clinics still use it醫院和動物診所現在仍然會使用它 especially when they need something that will not slow breathing as much as some other sleep drugs尤其是在需要一種不會像其他麻醉藥那樣讓呼吸變慢的藥物時 That is the legal medical story這是它合法的醫療用途那一面

The other story is that some people take it at parties to get high — swallow, snort, or inject it. On the street it is often Special K, or just K. That use is illegal, and it can be dangerous: too much can leave you unable to move or look after yourself (a very deep trip is a K-hole), and using it a lot can hurt the bladder.

The other story is that some people take it at parties to get high另一面則是有些人在派對上使用它來嗨 swallow, snort, or inject it方式是吞服、鼻吸，或注射 On the street it is often Special K, or just K在街頭它常被叫做Special K，或簡稱K That use is illegal, and it can be dangerous這種用法是違法的，而且很危險 too much can leave you unable to move or look after yourself用太多會讓你動彈不得、無法照顧自己 (a very deep trip is a K-hole)（陷得很深時叫做K-hole） and using it a lot can hurt the bladder長期大量使用還會傷害膀胱

So the same substance sits in two worlds — a tool in a clinic, and a banned party drug.

So the same substance sits in two worlds所以同一種物質同時存在於兩個世界 a tool in a clinic, and a banned party drug一個是診所裡的醫療工具，一個是被禁止的派對毒品

It is not vitamin K, and it is not the K that means potassium on a food label. Those are different Ks.

It is not vitamin K它不是vitamin K（維生素K） and it is not the K that means potassium on a food label也不是食品標籤上代表鉀（potassium）的那個K Those are different Ks那些是不同的K