The advice from the ACMD will now be considered "urgently" by the government before a final announcement is made.

Ketamine, a Class B substance, is used in clinical settings as an anaesthetic for people and animals - but it is also taken recreationally.

Ketamine will remain as a class B drug following a review which found its "acute harms align with its current class B status" ...

"In January 2025 the Government asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to provide an updated harms ...

'Ketamine can be a killer and that is what youngsters need to know' ...

De Vere-Hunt, described by police as a ‘drugs king pin’, had checked in for a flight out of the UK as police planned his ...

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has today (28 January 2026) published its updated harms assessment of ketamine. The ACMD has ...

The class B drug has some very nasty effects on the body ...

"I was in nappies, I was wetting myself. The fact I'm out of them is a massive achievement and something I never thought would happen." That's the relief of a 27-year-old woman who has finally been ...

"I wouldn’t wish this thing on anybody" ...

A DRUG dealer who sold cocaine and ketamine from his family’s home has been jailed. Ellis Briggs, aged 21, from Newport was finally locked up after being caught trafficking for a third time and the ...

Chief Constable Rob Carden said the drug trade created "deeply unpleasant consequences" for town and city centres trying to ensure safety ...