A CORONER has called for the government to consider reclassifying Ketamine as a class A drug following the death of a 'one in a million' woman who became so addicted she was using £500 of it every week.
Gemma Weeks, 28, was unable to stop taking the class B drug despite the harm and pain it caused to her bladder.
An inquest at Bournemouth Coroners' Court heard she had been taking the drug for ten years and had increased the amount she was using towards the end of her life.
Brendan Allen, the area coroner for Dorset who presided over the inquest, said she was locked in a Catch-22 situation after the drug caused painful bladder problems that she felt could only be relieved by more ketamine, which in turn caused more harm to her bladder.
He has now issued a prevention of Future Deaths Notice which calls for a review of the classification of the drug.
