So, the UK government is considering reclassing ketamine as a Class A drug. The Home Office asked the Advisory Council on the ...

Possessing the drug can lead to a maximum five-year prison sentence and supplying the drug up to 14 years in prison. Ketamine ...

Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen has expressed support for Government plans to seek expert advice on reclassifying ...

Jeni Larmour died after taking ketamine on her first night at Newcastle University back in September 2020. Sandra Larmour, ...

County Durham and Darlington Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Joy Allen has welcomed Government plans to seek advice on the reclassification of ketamine to a Class A drug. This comes as illegal ...

The government is considering reclassifying the Class B drug after an increase in the number of people who reported using the drug.

and conspiracy to supply a Class B drug - ketamine. * Anthony Joseph Howey, 40, of Rupert Drive, Liverpool, was jailed for seven years on each Class A drug offence, with one running concurrently.

Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson will write to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) asking whether ketamine's classification under the Misuse of Drugs Act should be raised.

Ketamine could be upgraded to a Class A drug as the government seeks expert advice on its classification, the Home Office has said. Illegal use of the drug has reached record levels in recent ...