It's becoming increasingly evident that ketamine is widely available and its use is on the rise. This is affecting young people and families, with the issue being highlighted in the news and media. Despite a significant increase in ketamine seizures (884%) in the year ending March 2022, the government has not taken any action to address this problem. This information is available on the official website of GOV.UK.

It is crucial to understand that ketamine is fast becoming the drug of choice for teenagers due to its inexpensiveness and B classification. However, it is a grave mistake to assume that it is less harmful than class-A drugs like Cocaine. In reality, ketamine is highly addictive and causes severe health issues, which has led to a surge in the number of young people seeking treatment at private rehabilitation and urology centres. We must take the necessary steps to raise awareness about the dangers of this drug and curb its usage among impressionable teenagers.

KETAMINE ALSO CAUSES MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, there is a lot of information at the moment that ketamine helps with depression, this maybe true in some instances, however this is in a very controlled setting, there are already concerns though in the USA that Drs have been prescribing it off-label due to it not being regulated and they are starting to see problems arising with this (as seen in the opioid epidemic in the USA). 

With the ever-increasing power of social media, the companies that sell ketamine therapy are flooding sites with adverts on how it cures depression so kids assume it's going to help them so buy cheap grade street ketamine, this then turns into addiction for some, having severe bladder issues which then makes their depression worse as they can no longer socialise, in pain, unable to urinate, passing blood and unable to sleep.  Tolerance also builds very quickly so need higher doses to get the desired effect, in higher doses ketamine can cause respiratory depression like it did with my son who tragically passed away.

There's is a Ketamine Q&A session tomorrow evening with St Helens Police if you would like to know more, you can also access my ketamine awareness page which is linked to my petition, we have just over 500 signatures now which is great, please sign and share and let's make this change.