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- MPs table motion calling for drugs policy based on scientific evidence by Transform Drug Policy Foundation: Media Blog on Nov 6, 2009
PRESS NOTICE: from the Parliamentary Drugs and Alcohol Treatment and Harm Reduction GroupChair: Lord David RamsbothamSecretary: Mike Wood MPVice Chairs: David Burrowes MP, Paul Flynn MP, Paul Holmes MPFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:MPs table motion calling fo...
- Yesterday I was proud to be a Lib Dem by Mark Reckons on Nov 3, 2009
Sometimes I disagree with things that MPs and other representatives of my party say. Yesterday's debate in parliament about the dismissal of Professor Nutt from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs was not one of those occasions.Instead as eac...
- Double Standards from the Evening Standard on cannabis classification? by Transform Drug Policy Foundation: Media Blog on Nov 3, 2009
There was a welcome outbreak of common sense in Yesterday's Evening Standard, a paper more often prone to reactionary drug war posturing, in its leader editorial on the David Nutt furore: Spin and drugsThe row over the firing of drug expert David Nu...
- Alan Johnson's leadership chances are now finished by Mark Reckons on Nov 2, 2009
He always claimed that he didn't want it and wasn't up to it. Maybe we should have listened to him more keenly as the debacle of the last few days has shown Alan Johnson in a very poor light.He sacked the head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of...
- David Nutt is sacked from the ACMD by Transform Drug Policy Foundation: Media Blog on Nov 2, 2009
There's a lot of important issues raised by the ACMD chair's sacking, and the subsequent reaction. Transform have been actively engaging in the debate in a range of broadcast media, including 5 live radio, and BBC and Channel 4 news. We will have mo...
- Dr Les King resigns from ACMD in support of Professor Nutt by Mark Reckons on Nov 1, 2009
It has just been reported that Dr Les King has resigned from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in support of Professor David Nutt who was sacked by Alan Johnson on Friday.Dr King, who is well respected in this field and was previously head...
- Why has Alan Johnson sacked Professor David Nutt? by Mark Reckons on Oct 30, 2009
The news has broken this afternoon that the Home Secretary Alan Johnson has sacked Professor David Nutt, the head of its own Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. Johnson's statement on this says:I cannot have public confusion between scientific a...
