UK - Warning over ketamine after drug 'rots man's insides'

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Published: 20/06/2011 08:15

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A barrister has warned of the terrible dangers of the class C drug ketamine after it "rotted" a Cambridge man’s insides. John Duffy, of Cathedral Chambers in Ely, criticised the justice system’s drug classification categories after he was involved in one of the city’s worst cases of ketamine abuse to date. Lorien Pattison and her partner Scott Stroud, of St Bede’s Crescent, had pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing the Class C drug after a search of their house in January last year revealed a large quantity of the horse tranquiliser. Cambridge Crown Court heard that 31-year-old Stroud’s addiction had become so serious that he had to have his bladder removed and now lives a life of near-constant hospital treatment. Mr Duffy, who represented Pattison, 20, said: "People do not know enough about the effects of ketamine but in all my years I have never seen anything like it. "The harm it does to organs is out of all proportion when you consider it is only rated Class C – it rotted his bladder and has left him permanently disabled. "I have always thought that the classification of drugs is completely misleading. They were done in 1971 and the drug scene has completely changed." The court heard that Pattison, who is now training to become a counsellor for addicts in Cambridge, had been using ketamine for a shorter period of time so her health was able to recover but she had watched as her partner’s deteriorated.

Mr Duffy said: "Mr Stroud collapsed the first time I met him before a hearing. He has been in and out of hospital ever since and was released only this Thursday for sentencing. "If ever there was a cautionary tale about drugs this is it. There is nothing the court could do that he hadn’t already done to himself." Given the circumstances, the defendants were both given conditional discharges for six months. Judge Anthony Bate, during sentencing, said: "This case has shown the grave dangers associated with the chronic misuse of this Class C drug. "I need to be realistic with the sentences given the circumstances." Mr Duffy added that ketamine has grown in popularity in recent years and needed to be addressed. He said: "It is cheap, fairly easy to access, and crucially only class C so people get involved – but the results can be terrible."
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I guess ketamine is the new drug the media is attacking...
Funny how with this, everybody will be like "OMG SOMEBODYS BLADDERS FUCKED FROM KETAMINE AND ITS ONLY CLASS C!!" yet when its alcohol fucking up like 1,000,000x more peoples lives, nobody cares...

I hate people...
 
Link is now dead. Too many complaints?

EDIT: Its just been moved elsewhere on the site.
 
wow. The above article has so many factual errors and mistruths, I don't know where to start…

How about: Ketamine was only classified under the misuse of drugs act in 2006 - not 1971.
 
fuck that ketamine i got 11 vials of the stuff last week you right in moderation but when theres know one there to tell you that and you just inject more n more plus lowers your brain into mush i ended up eating an extra stash of oxy80 i need on a daily basis . now have to wait til at least monday for more so suffering like fuck so no more ketamine for me
 
John Duffy, of Cathedral Chambers in Ely, criticised the justice system’s drug classification categories after he was involved in one of the city’s worst cases of ketamine abuse to date.
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Too much of anything is bad for you...
Why is there always some idiot out there who over does something to a stupid extent and then blames local laws/ other people..

Moderation is the key !!!!!
 
megawoof said:
fuck that ketamine i got 11 vials of the stuff last week you right in moderation but when theres know one there to tell you that and you just inject more n more plus lowers your brain into mush i ended up eating an extra stash of oxy80 i need on a daily basis . now have to wait til at least monday for more so suffering like fuck so no more ketamine for me
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I was under the impression that the majority of the problems came from snorting ketamine rather than injecting it - in terms of kidney and bladder problems? am I right at all in thinking this?

A guy I know recently had to have some kind of operation due to ketamine abuse though he didn't say what it was, it didn't sound good though. Have to say that personally I only enjoy it maybe a 1/3 of the time I take it, when I get that perfect dose. Rest of the time I just end up stumbling around like an extra from 'Night of the Living Dead'.
 
the article on ketamine - the true facts

i know the people in the paper and this article is a load of shit

he did NOT collapse in the court
he did NOT have his bladder removed
he is NOT permanently disabled

he didnt inject it for those of you who think he did
he is not a junkie, he has been through shit in his life you couldnt even start to understand so who are you to judge these people. not everyone is perfect and has perfect happy lives. people make mistake and learn from them. if you knew them then you'd see the changed they have made since then and respect them for that not look down on them for the mistakes theyve made. then paper always makes up shit everyone knows that
 
Hi Willow04. Thank you so much for setting the record straight for us. Looks like there's a solid libel case here. Since he can easily prove that he still has his bladder wouldn't a solicitor take up his case on a no-win-no-fee basis?
 
Meaning that the lawyer would only charge you for his/her services if you won the libel case. If you did not win, there would be no charge.

Not sure if lawyers do no-win-no-fee for libel though.




PS: thanks for providing a counterpoint to the article. <3
 
i am the man u speak of .

PLEASE if u have any questions direct them at me. many thanks.
 
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