Of course his lastname would have to be Nutt

[johnny861]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ne...-14544981.html


Thursday, 29 October 2009

The British Government's chief drug adviser has sparked controversy by claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol.


Professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, attacked the decision to make cannabis a class B drug.


He accused former home secretary Jacqui Smith, who reclassified the drug, of "distorting and devaluing" scientific research.


Prof Nutt said smoking cannabis created only a "relatively small risk" of psychotic illness. And he claimed advocates of moving ecstasy into class B from class A had "won the intellectual argument".


All drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, should be ranked by a "harm" index, he said, with alcohol coming fifth behind cocaine, heroin, barbiturates, and methadone.


Tobacco should rank ninth, ahead of cannabis, LSD and ecstasy.


Prof Nutt said: "No one is suggesting that drugs are not harmful. The critical question is one of scale and degree. We need a full and open discussion of the evidence and a mature debate about what the drug laws are for - and whether they are doing their job."


In a lecture and briefing paper for the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College, London, Prof Nutt attacked what he called the "artificial" separation of alcohol and tobacco from other, illegal, drugs.


He also repeated his claim that the risks of taking ecstasy are no worse than riding a horse.


A Home Office spokesman said: "Prof Nutt's views are his own and do not reflect the views of Government. The Government is clear - we are determined to crack down on all illegal substances and minimise their harm to health and society as a whole.

[matt]

Originally Posted by johnny861

He also repeated his claim that the risks of taking ecstasy are no worse than riding a horse.

awesome. although ive had some bad times with horses when i was a kiddo. bucked off twice and run through a thorn bush once, lol. id say horses are more dangerous

[C-fer]

Sounds like the british gov't might end up busting a nutt...

[zymote]

Damn, finally some reason in this debate and he's got to have a name that's so easy to lampoon.

[BLAZEN]

the sad thing is ....he's right

[Ash]

Bust a nut! bust a nut! enjoy yourself, we won't tell.

[PETA]

Originally Posted by matt

awesome. although ive had some bad times with horses when i was a kiddo. bucked off twice and run through a thorn bush once, lol. id say horses are more dangerous

No shit. I've been stepped on more than once and I gotta tell you that a tab of E hurts a lot less when it lands on your foot.

Plus E costs a lot less to keep healthy and happy. Horses are demanding fuckers... big too. And they poop. They poop a lot. E doesn't do that so much.

[BradH]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...id-nutt-sacked

Professor David Nutt, the government's chief drug adviser, has been sacked a day after claiming that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol.
Nutt incurred the wrath of the government when he claimed in a paper that alcohol and tobacco were more harmful than many illegal drugs, including LSD, ecstasy and cannabis.
A Home Office spokesperson said: "The home secretary has asked Professor Nutt to resign as chair of the ACMD [Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs].

[johnny861]

Originally Posted by BradH

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...id-nutt-sacked

Professor David Nutt, the government's chief drug adviser, has been sacked a day after claiming that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol.
Nutt incurred the wrath of the government when he claimed in a paper that alcohol and tobacco were more harmful than many illegal drugs, including LSD, ecstasy and cannabis.
A Home Office spokesperson said: "The home secretary has asked Professor Nutt to resign as chair of the ACMD [Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs].

They sacked their Nutt. Too much "exposure" to the hypocrisy, I guess.

[transplant]

I hear that the E over there is still failrly pure and not cut with other ingredients, so it probably is safer.

[PETA]

Originally Posted by transplant

I hear that the E over there is still failrly pure and not cut with other ingredients, so it probably is safer.

horseshit