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Ketamine: Misuse

Commons · Question 82395 · 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 its illicit availability.

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...