The new term is in full swing and while students are enjoying living away from home at university, and are making the most of the party scene, parents at home are perhaps naive to the dangerous temptations lurking in the shadows in universities across the land.
Available for as little as £3 a hit, it might seem tempting to young people just looking to have a good time, especially with alcohol prices increasing, but the ketamine epidemic is a killing machine.
Now, it’s a bigger problem than ever and in the year ending March 2022, the quantity of ketamine confiscated by border forces rose by 884% to 1.8 tons – the highest level on record. The proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds who have used ketamine is at a high of 5.8%, nearly
