Ketamine deaths surge by 650% with one person dying a week – as experts warn of ‘next drug pandemic’

KETAMINE deaths have soared by 650 per cent since 2015 – claiming a life almost every week across the UK.

Experts warn the drug is claiming lives nationwide and fear it could be the next “pandemic” to hit UK streets.

GettyAt least 53 people lost their lives to ketamine in 2023 – up from just seven in 2015[/caption]

Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request, seen exclusively by ITV News, lay bare the scale of the crisis.

Dubbed Special K, K and Kit Kat...