NWKC Facts
Birds
Ketamine
Washington
Candy Bars
100

This year is when NWKC opened their doors.

2017

100

Known for their iconic pink color, these birds often stand on one leg in shallow water.

Flamingo

100

This ketamine-related compound is a nasal spray formulation that was approved by the FDA in 2019 as a treatment for treatment-resistant depression. It is sometimes utilized as an alternative to IV infusions at certain clinics

Spravato or Esketamine

100

This state fruit grows on trees and people normally pick them in the fall

Apple

100

This candy bar is named after a planet in our solar system.

Mars

200

This was the year that the Tacoma Clinic opened.

2020

200

This flightless bird from Australia is the second-largest bird in the world.

Emu

200

Ketamine is a safe, effective, and legal NMDA receptor antagonist that interacts with this neurotransmitter, the most abundant in your brain.

Glutamate

200

In this style of dancing you must “swing your partner round and round”

Square Dancing

200

This candy bar’s slogan says, “You’re not you when you’re hungry.”

Snickers

300

This was the year that the Seattle Clinic opened.

2019

300

This Sesame Street character is a large, yellow, flightless bird.

Big Bird

300

Ketamine was first synthesized in this year by Calvin L. Stevens, professor of Organic Chemistry at Wayne State University in Michigan

1962

300

Washington’s state fossil looks like a furry elephant and was featured in the movie “Ice Age”

Mammoth

300

This candy bar asks you to “give me a break.”

KitKat

400

This percentage of patients report a minimum of 50% or more of a reduction in symptoms.

86%

400

In the Harry Potter series, Dumbledore's loyal bird is of this mythical type.

Phoenix

400

This scientific term refers to the brain's ability to adapt and form new neural connections, a process thought to be enhanced by ketamine therapy.

Neuroplasticity 

400

Washington was one of the later states to enter the union. It has this rank.

42

400

This candy bar is famously featured in the movie The Goonies.

Babe Ruth

500

This is the number of fundamentals that follow and describe the behaviors that define our unique culture.

33

500

This black bird is considered a symbol of bad luck in some cultures and can mimic human speech.

Raven

500

In addition to its anesthetic properties, ketamine is thought to have rapid antidepressant effects due to its action on this type of receptor in the brain.

NMDA receptor

500

Seattle was the first city to put policeman on this form of transportation

Bicycle 

500

This candy bar is named after a famed Broadway play featuring an orphan.

Annie