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Ketamine: Misuse

Commons · Question 88952 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted any recent reviews of the harms associated with ketamine use and its current legal classification.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 20 Nov 2025

Ketamine is a dangerous substance, which can cause irreversible bladder damage and in some cases death. Ministers are concerned about the harms ketamine causes and on 16 October 2025 the Department for Health and Social Care launched a campaign to alert y...