My supply of ketamine is under threat. I’m not a recreational drug taker. I’m an anaesthetist, and for me ketamine is medicine. In rural hospitals in Nigeria, injecting the drug is essential for pregnant women to have safe ceasareans, and for us to be able to insert IVs for fluids and attach the required monitors to children prior to an operation without a struggle. Some of my colleagues advocate the use of oral ketamine in soda for procedures in the emergency department. China's drive to place ketamine under international control at the United Nations would severely affect the supply and ketamine would become unavailable in more remote areas.