The unsuitably named Professor David Nutt has advised the home office that Ketamine could be doing permanent to some users' bladders. He says, "We are seeing a very worrying effect in terms of bladder spasms and bladder pain. There is concern that it is causing permanent bladder damage." The trouble is you probably won't feel bladder spasms after a good dose of K, so just be careful if you piss yourself. As a result the home office is considering upgrading Ketamine from class C. Read more on the BBC or read on for skunky nonsense.
Nutt (pictures) heads the scientific team that advises government on relative harms of drugs. And then gets ignored. Today he was interviewed on the BBC about the recent C to B move for cannabis. He remained unrepentant for saying that cannabis was less dangerous than horse riding and noted that, although use of skunk has greatly increased in the last 10 years, incidence of schizophrenia has declined. That casts some doubt on the Daily Mail-ish assertions that smoking skunk causes schizophrenia.
