Written question asked by Andrew Snowden (Conservative) on Monday, 10 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 November 2025. It was answered by Sarah Jones (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.
Ketamine: Misuse
- Question
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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
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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 young people to its dangers.
In January 2025 the Government asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to provide an updated harms assessment of ketamine, and advice on reducing those harms, and in particular whether ketamine should be moved from Class B to Class A within the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD carried out a public call for evidence in August and we expect to receive its report soon. We will then carefully consider its recommendations.
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- 2024-26
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- Misuse Ketamine
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