The government is considering changing the class of Ketamine from class B to class A drug after reaching highest ever level of illegal use in 2023.
Making Ketamine a class A drug would put it alongside drugs like, cocaine, heroin and Ecstasy.
Over the past 10 years there’s been an increase in use of over 148%.
Supporters of the proposed change argue that ketamine has become a problem that’s only growing and action is needed to mitigate further damage.
Martyn Underhill, the former police and crime commissioner of Dorset said: “I do think it needs to be classified as a class A.”
He compared it to Ecstasy 10 years ago, suggesting that drug use is cyclical, and added: “People will go out and look for an alternative”
He does think that upping the classification of ketamine will affect the amount of people taking the drug, but saying we would see a change in about a year.
Martyn doesn’t think the way we deal with drug use is what it could be “Is society getting it right? No we’re not,” he said.
Michael Armstrong, the creative director for Vita Nova thinks the answer to dangerous drug use is education and decriminalisation
He said: “Think about Portugal, there is a breadth of literature about why decriminalisation works.”
Michael says that when talking to people about drugs he tries not to use fear, but instead offer them information to make an informed and safe choice.
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