Written Question·Home Office·UIN 17659

Ketamine

Tabled: 3 December 2024
Answered: 11 December 2024

Question

Oliver Ryan

Labour (Co-op)Burnley

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

Dame Diana Johnson
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...

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