Mark Reckons (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Correspondence has been released between various protagonists in the saga of the sacking three weeks ago of Professor David Nutt from his position as chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. One of the letters is from Professor Nutt to the Science and Technology Select Committee outlining the sequence of events from his perspective. As Evan Harris has already made...
Dunedin Napier News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... The motion follows the contentious sacking of the governments Chief Drugs Adviser, Professor David Nutt , following his claims that Alcohol and nicotine are more dangerous than LSD and cannabis . Nutt’s sacking led to an outcry in the scientific community and prompted two other members of the panel to quit in protest. MP Chris Grayling described the situation as “a complete...
Independence Cymru (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... favour of holding a Referendum for a Welsh Parliament? (harking back to the sacking of Professor David Nutt)
Cannabis News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sacked government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt has called for a Royal Commission to investigate whether cannabis should be decriminalised. 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....
Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
I find Professor David Nutt's recognition that society will always take drugs sane and refreshing in its honesty. It is certainly evident from the most superficial anthropological studies that man's desire to induce a euphoric or trancelike state byADVERTISEMENTchemical or other means has been with us from the cradle of humanity.However, I am at a loss to understand why alcohol is to...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Former government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt says the UK needs a Royal Commission on the decriminalisation of cannabis.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... expectancy of Russian men is still hardly more than 60 years. Meanwhile, in Britain, Professor David Nutt has been dismissed as the government's chief drugs adviser after insisting that alcohol is actually more dangerous than ecstasy, LSD and cannabis. All this had brought me to a point at which I was poised to go on the wagon when this week I was given cause to hesitate. Research...
New Humanist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
If you're the type of voter who likes to pay attention to the candidates, rather than just the parties they represent, then you may be interested in a new online initiative called Skeptical Voter , which has just been set up in the wake of the controversy over the government's sacking of its chief drug advisor Professor David Nutt, after he stated that scientific evidence suggests that...
Independence Cymru (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
...and that is: Will Syr Emyr Jones Parry be sacked for producing a report which highlights the deficiencies of the LCO system and comes out in favour of holding a Referendum for a Welsh Parliament? (harking back to the sacking of Professor David Nutt) http://allwalesconvention.org/getinformed/thereport/thereport BREAKING NEWS! , Click here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/wales_politics/8350333.stm...
<B>Power and Control</B> (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... Her comments, which come just weeks after she released the album, brought a furious response from David Raynes, head of the National Drugs Prevention Alliance. He said: 'She should consider the effects that her comments have on other people, especially young fans who look up to her. 'People like Joss Stone should keep their mouths shut about things like this. It is terribly damaging and...
The Lay Scientist (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
“This talk has been approved by the Home Office and so may be damaging to your health” started Professor David Nutt last night at a crowded Skeptics Westminster. For such a serious subject, the evening produced a lot of laughs with the Professor, his fellow guest Dr. Evan Harris MP and visitor Dr. Ben Goldacre. Professor Nutt started by restating the basics of the...
Classical Values (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... Her comments, which come just weeks after she released the album, brought a furious response from David Raynes, head of the National Drugs Prevention Alliance.He said: 'She should consider the effects that her comments have on other people, especially young fans who look up to her.'People like Joss Stone should keep their mouths shut about things like this.It is terribly damaging and she...
Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
I have a short essay on scientists in policy and politics up at www.publicsector.co.uk titled, Improving the contribution of experts in policy and politics . Here is an excerpt: In recent weeks we have seen a range of conflicts between scientific experts and governments. In the United Kingdom the dismissal of David Nutt, chair of the UK Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD),...
