Ketamine (1408A/23)
Request
For each of the last five financial years, can you tell me (and for each of those categories, are you able to break down the numbers to separate adults and under 18s, under 16s, and under 12s..):
- How many people were investigated for possession of the controlled drug ketamine – code 093/72- and what were the investigation outcomes?
- How many people were investigated for supplying or offering to supply the controlled drug ketamine – code 093/66 –and what were the investigation outcomes?
- How many people were investigated for possessing the controlled drug ketamine with intent to supply 096/78 – and what were the investigation outcomes?
Response
Please see attached (1408A_23_attachment.pdf).
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. Howeer, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.