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the drug is widely used as an anaesthetic, and a sedative. but increasingly it�*s also misused as a recreational drug — and addiction rates are soaring. here�*s rachel stonehouse. from the minute you wake up... it�*s a saturday night in bristol. we are with beth and her friend we are calling jay, as he wants to be anonymous. they are both in their 20s and chronic ketamine users, after trying it as teenagers. i was 1a years old and somebody had some in the classroom and i had a little bit at the back of the classroom. that was the first time i had it. what is the physical impact for you now of taking ketamine? can't work, yeah, i can't do anything, i can't feed myself or go and get a drink. yeah, it really disables you completely. i can�*t walk 50 metres without either needing to sit down or needing to run to the toilet. ketamine use is estimated to have more than doubled since 2016 in england and wales, and ketamine addiction has quadrupled in that time. and, although deaths linked to ketamine are rare, they are also on the rise.