i would of thought that they would of classed it higher than C, thinkin that they want to reinstate ganja back to class B and K is much worse than weed.
Unlike cannabis (which is only just finding its medical market), Ketamine already has many legitimate uses in both human and veterinary medicine – it is used every day in the NHS and for the treatment of small animals and horses throughout the UK (its not used for large animals that we eat, because of european rules about permissible drug residues in meat).
Its recreational use and illegal import does not actually cause that many social problems at the moment!
You do not get people squatting empty buildings and abstracting huge amounts of electricity (and creating unsafe installations) to make “ketamine factories”, and most of the health problems it causes are minor physical ones (mostly due to the particulates ingested whilst sniffing it) rather than serious long-term mental ones which cannabis can cause in some individuals.
IME most heavy ketamine users stop when the effects become too unpleasant….
I am not aware of any “ketamine turf wars” either (just as well or the moosers would shoot all the bystanders as they cannot see or aim straight!)
To make it class B would however vastly increase the burden for healthcare facilities for all species.
Doctors may find themselves with an extra administrative or security phase to obtain vital medicine (in the Emergency Department where seconds count)
Vets would have to deal with more paperwork and it would mean normal people pay even more when their dog, cat or pony requires treatment (and all pet owners know vets are far from cheap).
Increasing the burden on non-drug users alike would be seen as a “victory for the drug culture” by many; which would not do the Governments image any good.
Furthermore I can’t help but wonder if it is tolerated because unlike the other party stimulants it disrupts the logistics of organising events – making them essentially “self-limiting” and easy to stop…
