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Sacked adviser urges drugs probe
Lisbon :: Portugal | 21 days ago
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Prof Nutt told the BBC the possibility of allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes should be "explored". But his call comes as another academic is due to publish a study highlighting the possible links between the drug and schizophrenia. "The more you smoke,...
Tags: David Nutt, prof nutt, Prof Murray, BBC Radio, Robin Murray, Portugal, Lisbon, Antiemetics, Effects of cannabis, Legality of cannabis, Medical cannabis, Psychosis, Cannabis, Medicinal plants, Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants
Three drug advisers quit after Johnson summit
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Three more government drug advisers resign Scientists quit after meeting home secretary after sacking of Professor David Nutt Alan Travis , home affairs editor, and Alok Jha Professor David Nutt speaks at the Science Media Centre in London after his...
Tags: David Nutt, drugs adviser, Alan Johnson, Prof Nutt, adviser resign, professor nutt, professor david
Scientific adviser backs sacked drug 'tsar'
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Government’s chief scientific adviser said today that he agreed with the sacked drugs “tsar” Professor David Nutt when he said that cannabis is less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes. Professor John Beddington, the most senior scientific adviser...
Tags: David Nutt, Alan Johnson, professor david, John Beddington, Prof Nutt, scientific adviser, drug adviser, professor john, THE UK, Gordon Brown
Johnson defends drugs row sacking
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility In a letter to the Guardian, Alan Johnson says Prof David Nutt went against a "long established" principle by straying into politics. Two Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs members have resigned in protest at the sacking. Prof Nutt has said he doubts...
Tags: David Nutt, professor david, Alan Johnson, Prof Nutt, Mr Johnson, drugs policy, professor nutt, drugs adviser, secretary alan, New Labour
Home Secretary Defends Drug Tsar Sacking
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility He was particularly scathing about former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith upgrading cannabis to a class B drug, against his advice. Ex-drug tsar Professor David Nutt "You cannot have a chief adviser at the same time stepping into the public field and campaigning...
Tags: David Nutt, professor david, Dr Les King, Misuse of Drugs, drugs adviser, political reasons, Britain, Advisory Council, Alan Johnson, Prof Nutt
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