Ketamine: Young People
Commons · Question 82392 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reclassification of ketamine as a class B drug on the rate of usage among 16 to 24 year olds annually since 2015.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 27 Oct 2025
Ketamine is a dangerous substance, which can cause irreversible bladder damage and in some cases death. Ministers are very concerned about the harms ketamine causes and on 16 October 2025 the Department for Health and Social Care launched a campaign to al...