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- Haud Me Back! by The Ben Lomond Free Press on Nov 11, 2009
It’s not often this blog turns to the Sun for inspiration but I spotted this in yesterday’s scan of one of my staff’s copy (I only read it for the football!) This is brilliant. “I’ve got my car keys here but what did I d...
- Tripping over Nutt by Transform Drug Policy Foundation: Media Blog on Nov 5, 2009
The Nutt episode has revealed the limits of the Home Office's criminal justice approach to drugs policyThe Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) was set up under the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) in 1971 on a premise that was thought radical at...
- Scientists: ex-drug czar Nutt wrong about drug risks by The Chronicles from the Empire on Nov 3, 2009
Scientists backed the sacking of Government’s drug czar David Nutt, saying that he was “politically naive” and should have kept his controversial views on cannabis and ecstasy to himself, the Daily Mail reports. “I have always...
- 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...
- Looking Behind The Professor David Nutt Headlines by Bracknell Blog on Nov 2, 2009
I was listening last night to BBC’s Five live which had a heated discussion on the Stephen Nolan phone in about the sacking of Professor David Nutt (UK's chief drugs adviser) by Alan Johnson. On the show was Lib Dem MP Evan Harris trying his best t...
- Government sack drug czar who claimed LSD less harmful than alcohol by The Chronicles from the Empire on Oct 30, 2009
The Government’s drug czar who claimed that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol, has been sacked, the Daily Mail reports. Professor David Nutt had called for a new “index of harm” to warn the public about the relative dange...
- Government drugs czar: alcohol is more dangerous than LSD by The Chronicles from the Empire on Oct 29, 2009
The Government’s chief drugs advisor has sparked controversy by claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than both alcohol and cigarettes, ITN reports. Professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs,...
