Written questions

Ketamine

Commons · Question 17659 · Tabled 3 Dec 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 11 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Oliver Ryan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the classification of ketamine as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits o

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 11 Dec 2024

No recent assessment has been made. Ketamine was moved from Class C to Class B in 2014, in accordance with advice provided by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). The ACMD’s recommendation was based on evidence of ketamine’s potential for h...