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Ketamine addiction making teenagers wet the bed, says UK’s first specialist clinic
Health•February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PMNational

Ketamine addiction making teenagers wet the bed, says UK’s first specialist clinic

By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Medics in Liverpool say intervention is needed to save children from ‘a miserable life’ of bladder problemsChildren are using incontinence pads and urinating in buckets next to their bed at night due to bladder problems caused by ketamine addiction, according to the first specialist NHS clinic dealing with the issue.Medics at Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool have opened the first ketamine clinic for young people in the UK in response to a surge in urology problems linked to addiction of the drug. Continue reading...

Medics in Liverpool say intervention is needed to save children from ‘a miserable life’ of bladder problems

Children are using incontinence pads and urinating in buckets next to their bed at night due to bladder problems caused by ketamine addiction, according to the first specialist NHS clinic dealing with the issue.

Medics at Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool have opened the first ketamine clinic for young people in the UK in response to a surge in urology problems linked to addiction of the drug.

Continue reading...

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