Editing Ketamine (section)

=== Legal status ===
While ketamine is marketed legally in many countries worldwide,<ref name="IndexNominum2000">{{cite book |title=Index Nominum 2000: International Drug Directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5GpcTQD_L2oC&pg=PA584 |year=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-3-88763-075-1 |pages=584–585}}</ref> it is also a [[controlled substance]] in many countries.<ref name="MathewZarate2016" />

* In Australia, ketamine is listed as a Schedule 8 controlled drug under the [[Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons|Poisons Standard]] (October 2015).<ref name="Poisons Standard">Poisons Standard October 2015 {{cite web |url=https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01534 |title=Poisons Standard | date = October 2015 | publisher = Australian Government |access-date=6 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119074606/https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01534/ |archive-date=19 January 2016 }}</ref>
* In Canada, ketamine has been classified as a Schedule I narcotic, since 2005.<ref name="CanadianLegalStatus">Legal status of ketamine in Canada references:
* {{cite web |url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-38.8/page-24.html#h-28 |title=Statutes of Canada (S.C.) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (S.C. 1996 c.19) Schedule I §&nbsp;14 |date=12 June 2014 |website=Justice Laws Website |publisher=[[Government of Canada]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122143804/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-38.8/page-24.html#h-28 |archive-date=22 November 2013 }}
* {{cite news |url=http://napra.ca/Content_Files/Files/CDSA-Ketamine.pdf |title=Order Amending Schedule I to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act |date=21 September 2005 |newspaper=[[Canada Gazette]] [[Canada Gazette#Part II|Part II]] |issue=19 |volume=139 |page=2130 |access-date=2 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053346/http://napra.ca/Content_Files/Files/CDSA-Ketamine.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2014 }}
* {{cite web |url=http://cscb.ca/node/94386 |title=Status of ketamine under CDSA |date=2 May 2005 |publisher=Canadian Society of Customs Brokers |access-date=2 August 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810002143/http://cscb.ca/node/94386 |archive-date=10 August 2014 }}</ref>
* In December 2013, the [[government of India]], in response to rising recreational use and the use of ketamine as a date rape drug, added it to [[Schedule X]] of the [[Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945|Drug and Cosmetics Act]] requiring a special license for sale and maintenance of records of all sales for two years.<ref>{{cite news |title= Ketamine drug brought under 'Schedule X' to curb abuse |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Ketamine-drug-brought-under-Schedule-X-to-curb-abuse/articleshow/28486002.cms |newspaper= [[The Times of India]] |date= 7 January 2014 |access-date= 2 August 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140414064604/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Ketamine-drug-brought-under-Schedule-X-to-curb-abuse/articleshow/28486002.cms |archive-date= 14 April 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| vauthors = Sumitra DR |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=30 December 2013 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-makes-notorious-date-rape-drug-ketamine-harder-to-buy-or-sell/articleshow/28116453.cms |title=Govt makes notorious 'date rape' drug ketamine harder to buy or sell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230025440/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-makes-notorious-date-rape-drug-ketamine-harder-to-buy-or-sell/articleshow/28116453.cms |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In the United Kingdom, it was labeled a [[Misuse of Drugs Act 1971|Class B drug]] on 12 February 2014.<ref name="reclassify response">{{citation |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279186/ResponseACMDketamineReclassification.pdf |title=Response to ACMD recommendation on ketamine |access-date=21 February 2014 |date=12 February 2014 | vauthors = Baker N |author-link1=Norman Baker |type=Correspondence to Les Iverson [chair of]; [[Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs]] |publisher=[[Crown copyright#United Kingdom|Crown copyright]]; [[Open Government Licence]] |postscript=. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228195318/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279186/ResponseACMDketamineReclassification.pdf |archive-date=28 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | vauthors = Dixon H |date=12 February 2014 |title=Party drug ketamine to be upgraded to Class B |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10633800/Party-drug-ketamine-to-be-upgraded-to-Class-B.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=2 August 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609232635/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10633800/Party-drug-ketamine-to-be-upgraded-to-Class-B.html |archive-date=9 June 2014 }}</ref> In 2025, the Home Office requested a review of the classification with a view to changing it to Class A, based on an increase in recreational use and the negative health consequences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home Office requests review of ketamine classification |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-requests-review-of-ketamine-classification |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
* The increase in recreational use prompted ketamine to be placed in Schedule III of the United States [[Controlled Substances Act]] in August 1999.<ref name="FedReg1999">{{cite journal | vauthors = Marshall DR |author-link1=Donnie R. Marshall |date=13 July 1999 |title=Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Ketamine into Schedule III [21 CFR Part 1308. Final Rule 99-17803] |journal=[[Federal Register]] |volume=64 |issue=133 |pages=37673–5 |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-07-13/pdf/99-17803.pdf |department=Rules and Regulations |author-link3=Drug Enforcement Administration |author-link4=United States Department of Justice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505060507/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-07-13/pdf/99-17803.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ketamine could become Class A drug as ministers seek advice |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8306prgy6o |website=www.bbc.com|date=7 January 2025 }}</ref>