LONDON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Two members of Britain's official drug advisory board have resigned in protest of the government's firing of a scientist, The Times of London reported Monday. The newspaper said Advisory Council on the... [read full story]
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News Summary U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has fired the nation's 'drug czar' after David Nutt said that LSD and ecstasy are less dangerous drugs than alcohol or tobacco, the Daily Mail reported Oct. 31. The decision was...
IF THERE is one thing that politicians can and should do to limit the damage caused by illegal drugs, it is to take careful note of the evidence and develop a rational drug policy. Some politicians find it easier to ignore the...
London - The chief drugs advisor sacked for criticising British government policy said on Wednesday he will help to set up an alternative body unless experts are allowed to speak freely about the scientific evidence on the...
clipped by: tabsey clipper's remarks: Will this bloke be sacked for telling the truth to people who don't know shit from clay (politicians) Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk The UK government's chief science adviser has told BBC News...
1 BMJ Scientists are calling on the UK government to agree a new statement of principles to protect the independence of its scientific advisers after the home secretary, Alan Johnson, sacked David Nutt as his chief adviser on...
Your account has been frozen. But the current fall-out over the role of the chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs having the temerity to say what he knew to be true – because he genuinely believed that the...
IF THERE is one thing that politicians can and should do to limit the damage caused by illegal drugs, it is to take careful note of the evidence and develop a rational drug policy. I can trace the beginning of the end of my...
The United Kingdom’s chief scientific adviser, Professor John Beddington, made clear his opposition to the removal of Professor David Nutt from the Advisory group on drug policy. Professor Beddington strongly supported the...
Gordon Brown is putting politics and propoganda ahead of public health, a UK drug expert says. (Reuters: Phil Noble, file photo) The former chair of Britain's Drug Advisory Council says the government is ignoring science in...
Professor David Nutt was sacked last week for speaking out against the British Government's decision to reclassify cannabis from a Class C drug to the more dangerous category B. (Tue Nov 03 21:49:41 2009...
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