Ketamine’s move from club to ‘chill-out’ drug is a troubling culture shift

An estimated 299,000 people aged 16-59 reported ketamine use in the year ending March 2023 in England and Wales, Home Office data shows: a troubling culture shift sees people taking the drug, which has dissociative, anaesthetic and psychedelic effects, at home rather than at an occasional party. This heightens the risk of dependency, the Guardian warned.