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want to take more k, cos then i stop thinking about stuff like that, and that's the vicious circle. to escape from that vicious circle, james dear left the uk and moved to australia, and later new zealand, when he was addicted to ketamine. since getting clean, james has been sharing his story through his youtube channel and podcast break the chain. i shared my insights about my life and my regrets and what i felt guilty, i felt about what i'd done to my mum and put her through, and my family, and ijust got completely positive feedback from doing this. in that time, he's noticed an increase in ketamine in australasia. when i first went to australia, i went there because i didn't think i was going to be able to get ketamine — and that was fundamentally more or less true. when i first went to brisbane, for example, it was a smaller city. i think i came into contact with it twice. people knew what it was but it was just this unusual, rare thing that every now and then would appear

in a statement, the uk government told us it's committed to offering support in tackling the supply of illegal drugs. it also says there are currently no plans to change the law, but drug control and harms from ketamine are under constant review. social media platforms say they do everything they can to prevent the sale of drugs. so, this is rian's room? yeah, yeah. rian's mum clare recently met with a government representative to discuss her petition to get ketamine reclassified from a b to an a. i won't stop until it's reclassified. i've got to keep going. if i can helpjust one person, rian's death wasn't in vain, you know? since filming, beth and jay have been trying to get off ketamine and hope sharing their stories might help others. i hope people wake up to ketamine is a horrible drug and it does destroy your body.

notjudging them. we're here to support them and help them with their problems. we're notjudging them for drug—taking. we're not, you know, reporting them to anyone. we just want to help. the uk is not the only country which is seeing an increase in ketamine use. the european monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction analyses waste water from a number of cities across the continent. i would say that the levels of ketamine use in the uk are similar to those observed in the netherlands, spain, france, where we are seeing an increase in the data coming from the most recent surveys. we now also have data on ketamine use coming from wastewater samples. for the cities that have comparable data between �*22 and �*23, we saw, in the majority of the cities, an increase in ketamine use. we always get the questions, if we are sure it's non—medical use of ketamine or if it's ketamine as a medicine. wastewater allows us to have data on a daily basis,

it does destroy your organs. it does destroy your bladder. we wasn't taught about it in school. i kind of wish in uk schools that they would teach children from a young age that this stuff — you stay away from these kind of chemicals. my hope now is to engage in some support groups. i have support workers now and doing something different, going to the gym, making my life better and that's the steps — the next steps for me. i'm hoping that, you know, i'll get back into work, get back into my career path, and one day being the person that has recovered from this really rubbish journey that i've been on. but the hope is there and it is going to happen. lam determined. i don't want this life for myself any more. you're doing it this time. yeah. no matter how much you think it's taken your life, how much you think you've got nothing left, you can always gain that back, so it's never too late to reach out for help.

are rare, but on the rise. in the uk, the numbers of drug—related deaths following ketamine use have more than doubled in the last ten years. so, this is our drug—testing room. unlike rian, pagan managed to get help and has recovered after a 12—year addiction to ketamine. at her worst, she was taking more than 10g a day. it wasn't a nice experience. i was sick, dizzy and, like, kind of blacked out, so it wasn't very nice. i don't know why i carried on, but i did. and then, i started injecting it into my muscles and then, that's when my bladder started to get bad. what's it like to look back now and think about your addiction when it was at its worst? i wanted to die, yeah. ijust didn't want to be alive any more. ididn't want to be in the world, in that pain, completely reliant on ketamine. i spent eight weeks in hospital and i kind of felt

ketamine is currently a class b drug in the uk, which means the maximum penalty for dealing is 1a years in prison. i'd come and see and there would be barrels — like actual, like, steel tank barrels full of ket. it was unbelievable how much ket you could see. an ex—dealer agrees to meet me with herfriend. she says it was during covid that she noticed a huge increase in demand. i never did this to get into like anything gang—related. i never did this to get on anyone's back. i never did it for an ego boost. i did it cos i needed the money and i saw the gap in the market. 0bviously, drug dealing is very illegal. that is a very — like, be all and end all, it is illegal, yeah! but you've got to make it as safe as possible. like, i'd rather teach other people how to do it safely. did you ever worry about the impact that it can have on people? yeah, because it's double reasons —

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stay with us here on bbc news. i will be back with the headlines in just a moment. i am i will be back with the headlines in just a moment. iam lewis i will be back with the headlines in just a moment. i am lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. goodbye. hello there. many of us enjoyed some drier, sunnier weather this weekend, but it was on the chilly side and it's set to remain chilly for the time of year for the rest of this week. with most of the cloud across northern and eastern parts of the uk, best of the sunshine will be across more sheltered western areas. it's because high pressure is sitting out to the west of the uk and that's bringing northerly winds across the country feeding in thicker cloud off the north sea. and you can see that cooler air, how it continues to move southwards across the country with the milder air kept at bay towards the south of the uk. we've also got a couple of weather fronts around, that's brought thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain across large parts of england, eastern wales.

expecting — new arrangement because they are expecting quite a number of migrants, if everything goes as pianned~ — migrants, if everything goes as planned. they are still working through— planned. they are still working through some of it, and in particular— through some of it, and in particular responding to the concerns of the british the cream court _ concerns of the british the cream court which — concerns of the british the cream court which said there was still a risk these — court which said there was still a risk these migrants could be deported —— supreme court. especially if there applications were _ especially if there applications were rejected. the treaty signed with the — were rejected. the treaty signed with the uk, that they could stay. their_ with the uk, that they could stay. their general attitude is whenever britain _ their general attitude is whenever britain has decided how to proceed with it. _ britain has decided how to proceed with it. we — britain has decided how to proceed with it, we are ready to accommodate.- with it, we are ready to accommodate. ., ., ., ., accommodate. thanks to barbara for that. as accommodate. thanks to barbara for that- as harry _ accommodate. thanks to barbara for that. as harry was _ accommodate. thanks to barbara for that. as harry was talking, _ accommodate. thanks to barbara for that. as harry was talking, along - that. as harry was talking, along day in westminster because there's lot of ins and outs. we can take a look at what is happening in westminster and we will be there throughout the duration of the debate as it pinks between the house of commons, the lower chamber, and