British Government Fires Drug Advisor over Marijuana Controversy
Fri, Oct 30, 2009 6:20 pm
David Nutt, the top drug advisor for the British government, was fired Friday for his outspoken belief that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol.
Nutt, who was chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs – as well as a professor of neuropsychopharmacology – reportedly “embarrassed the British government, which toughened the penalties for possessing marijuana earlier this year.”
Nutt believes British Prime Minsister Gordon Brown has made “completely irrational statements” about the dangers of marijuana use. According to Nutt: “I’m not prepared to mislead the public about the harmfulness of drugs like cannabis and Ecstasy.”
Although Nutt’s stance on this issue is well documented, the government appears to have been angered by a recent lecture in which Nutt blasted former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for “distorting and devaluing” scientists’ work. Nutt went on to say that the “decision to tighten restrictions on marijuana had undermined public faith in government science.”
It’s possible (well, actually, likely) that the move is tied to the upcoming general election. After all, it’s hard to convince voters you’re on their side when your own drug advisor is going about telling them you’re full of shit distorting the facts.
Either way, Britons owe a debt of gratitude to David Nutt for having the courage to speak his mind at the expense of his job. ...google.com










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Bongs4evr
Nov 7 2009, 12:23 pm
Bongs4evr
Nov 7 2009, 12:00 pm
LOVE ONE ANOTHER DON'T DENIE THE FACTS IT IS SAFFER THAN ASPRIN,TYLONOL,ALCOHOL,TABACCO,AND MOST DRINKING WATER., LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN
south park
Nov 6 2009, 1:32 pm
DavidNuttUK
Nov 6 2009, 5:05 am
Follow me on twitter.
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Make this country a democracy!
gstlab3
Nov 5 2009, 1:54 pm
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WE ALL HOPE YOU MEET AN UNTIMELY DEMISE AND KARMA HAS ITS WAY WITH YOUR DUMB ASS!!!!
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PEACE GROW YOUR OWN!!! FREE YOUR MIND AND FREE THE PLANET!!
Anonymous is a goat's anus
Nov 4 2009, 3:50 pm
anonymous
Nov 4 2009, 1:46 am
HU210
Nov 3 2009, 9:33 pm
Well if fear is all ya got.
openeyes
Nov 3 2009, 1:14 pm
More people need to know and time for a peaceful revolution
neweartharmy.com
annonymous is a big pussy
Nov 3 2009, 1:20 am
anonymous
Nov 3 2009, 1:07 am
Bobcat
Nov 2 2009, 11:26 pm
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some KNOWN person
Nov 2 2009, 5:49 pm
PBS had a show out called BOTANY of DESIRE and it didn't demonize pot, although some lady said thaT OUR THC RECEPTORS ARE NOT FOR SMOKING POT". When did she become God?
Other than that little incident, it was nice to see the show. It was also intersting to learn that indosites however you spell the word which means organisms that live inside the leaf and share a symbiotic rela tionship with the plant that the organism gives off medicine like properties when extracted and grown in a petri dish.
I wonder if a person can use this method to see if the ptri dish method could be used to grow organisms that makes us feel good?
hmm
anonymous
Nov 2 2009, 3:57 pm
rizlapipeanywayulike
Nov 2 2009, 2:57 am
every super market, corner shop and petrol garage in england sells king size slims.
everybody does it. not literally but generally speaking.
Big pharm
Nov 1 2009, 2:35 pm
I am going on record as predicting that big PHARM,will more than double the 2008 election fund trying too keep marijuana
as a schedule 1 drug.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=H04
The above is where we can keep track of their donations too your legislators.
My 2 senators both receive hundreds of thousands from the medical industry and both refuse to support even medical marijuana.
Ron Paul and Barney Frank,both supporters of marijuana reform,receive $0 from the meds lobby.
Go to the site and check your reps and senators out for there donations,and compare too their stance,not what they
say,but,how they will vote if they want to receive the money next election year.
Science
Nov 1 2009, 2:19 pm
dankbot
Nov 1 2009, 1:17 pm
Red Bud
Nov 1 2009, 6:18 am
Here's what's really happening. The police make a lot of money off of drug busts. Busts pay for new equipment and overtime for the department. The police officers union pays huge sums of money to politicians who will keep the laws as they are. It's not about making society safer for the police and politicians, it's all about the money.
Real World Wisdom
Nov 1 2009, 5:25 am
Maryjane Rottencrotch
Nov 1 2009, 4:42 am
Marijuana is 100% safer the alcohol, and that's a FACT!
At the expense of his job, "David Nutt" came forward and enformed the people with the TRUTH. We thank him and will support him in his efforsts to find a new JOB.
What we need is more poeple like "David Nutt", people who are willing to tell the truth, no matter what. This shows that he cares about people who are suffering and has the interest of the people at heart.
anonymous
Nov 1 2009, 1:08 am
fuck all government agancies
its holy war in democracy
CHEWBONGOTONGO
Nov 1 2009, 12:39 am
concerned toker
Oct 31 2009, 7:17 pm
the truth
Oct 31 2009, 5:58 pm
sincere
Oct 31 2009, 3:41 pm
passive resistance.
tangomango
Oct 31 2009, 3:35 pm
what do we have to do to get our freedom back? ask nicely
if we ever decide to stop going along with the government and leave the cities for a simple life refusing to continue going along with the tyrannical system, then we are fortunate that cannabis can provide us with fiber to make clothes high protein powder from the seed, oil to use in many ways, we don't need the government get this the government needs us.
sucker2009
Oct 31 2009, 2:51 pm
passive resistance works don't listen to the people who advocate violence that will just give the government a reason to send the private mercenaries they have been hiring, to slaughter a bunch of us, taxation without representation sucks and we don't like the oil wars, bring our troops home to their children and families.
gstlab3
Oct 31 2009, 2:10 pm
FREEDOM OF SPEACH IS NEARLY DEAD!!!!!
THE TRUTH MOST CERTAINLY IS!!!!!!!!!
ARM YOURSELVES TO THE HILT!!!!!
PREPARE FOR THE FREEDOM FIGHT OF YOUR GENERATION!!!!!!
THE ELITISTS ARE GOING BROKE AND CANNOT MAINTAIN THE PONZI SCHEME FOR MUCH LONGER.,THE LOANSHARKS ARE HUNGRY FOR THEIR DUE AND AND IT'S LATE!!!!
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GATHER YOUR SEEDS AND YOUR NESESSARIES FOR THE LONG HARD WINTER AND MAKE SURE YOU STOCK UP ON WATER SANITIZERS AND STOCKPILE FUEL FOR YOURSELF AND FAMILY.
DO NOT TRUST THESE GOVERNMENT ELITISTS BECAUSE THE GAME IS UP AND THE HOUSE OF CARDS IS FALLING.
THE NEXT TERRORIST CAMPAIGHN OR A NEW WAR IS BREWING AND IT LOOKS BAD FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WORLDS FUEL MARKETS DEPEND ON A STABLE MIDDLE EAST.
TO THAT END THE MIDDLE EAST WILL BE SUBJUGATED.
Piax
Oct 31 2009, 12:44 pm
Piax
Spread the truth.
morning dew
Oct 31 2009, 7:58 am
MuddUK
Oct 31 2009, 6:36 am
anonymous
Oct 31 2009, 6:35 am
LEAVE THE WEST
BEEF UP YOUR MILITARIES
EUROPE OWES 10 BILLION IN COMPINSATION
EXPECT THE WORST
ANOTHER 9/11 AFTERMATH
RADIATIONS IS AGAINST THE RULES
UNDECLARED IF I WERE PRESIDENT
mba1189
Oct 31 2009, 3:23 am
mba1189
Oct 31 2009, 3:21 am
gstlab3
Oct 30 2009, 10:05 pm
NOW WHO SAID SOMETHING LIKE THIS??
OH I REMEMBER NOW!!! IT WAS HITLERS PROPAGANDA MINISTER!!!!
Needed here
Oct 30 2009, 7:18 pm
Some true scientists and doctors at NIDA and the other government run witch hunting anti-marijuana organizations need to stand up and admit that after the last 30 years of testing,they still have not found any ill effects for marijuana.
hey
Oct 30 2009, 7:04 pm
Freedumb Fighter
Oct 30 2009, 6:47 pm
DB
Oct 30 2009, 6:42 pm
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