British Government Faces Revolt from Drug Council
Mon, Nov 02, 2009 6:17 pm
The British government is facing the prospect of “mass resignations” from the remaining members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in response to the firing of council chair David Nutt.
It is believed Nutt was fired for his outspoken belief that marijuana is a safer substance than alcohol – a belief that goes against government policy.
Two council members have already walked and more resignations could be coming.
According to Home Secretary Alan Johnson, “Professor Nutt was not sacked for his views, which I respect but disagree with … He was asked to go because he cannot be both a government adviser and a campaigner against government policy.”
However, some, including Dr Les King, a former head of drug intelligence at the Forensic Science Service, felt the government had “denied Nutt his ‘freedom of expression.’”
The council now sits on the brink of collapse, but it seems just as well if the government is going to systematically ignore their recommendations (and fire members whose views – and research – don’t comport with policy the government wants to push).
Interestingly, Secretary Johnson made a point of noting that the decision to fire Nutt was his alone and that the Prime Minister Gordon Brown was not consulted. Whether this is a case of Johnson attempting to shield Brown from the uproar remains to be seen. More on this story as it develops. …guardian.co.uk











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shame the gov
Nov 7 2009, 7:51 am
mommy
Nov 6 2009, 11:41 pm
gstlab3
Nov 6 2009, 11:23 am
YOU ARE IN MY SIGHTS AND WILL BE EXTERMINATED WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE.,
YOU CAME TO OUR COUNTRY UNDER THE GUISE OF SEEKING FREEDOM AND STILL IN THE LAND OF THE MOST FREE YOU SPREAD YOUR BACKWARD HATE FILLED RELIGIONS UPON US AND EVEN YOUR OWN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE SUBJECTED TO THIS EVIL OF SUBSERVIANCE AND SECOND CLASS CITIZENSHIP!!!
AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FORSAKEN GOD AND HIS LAWS YOU SHOULD REPENT AND PRAY FOR YOUR SOULS AND THE ONES YOU HAVE LED ASTRAY!!!
THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITIAN ARE UNDER ATTACK FROM WITHIN AND THE COMMUNISTS AND THE DISGUISED FREEDOM LOVERS WE CALL SPECIAL INTEREST AND MINORITY REPRESENTATIVES PREACH AND TEACH REVERSE DISCRIMINATION AS A WAY OF LIFE TO THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE THUS SEPARATING AND DIVIDING OUR CULTURES FURTHER AND THEY KEEP THE BALL ROLLING ALONG UNTILL THE SOCIALIST STATE IS FORMED AND THE WEALTHY AND POWERFULL ARE BLACKMAILED INTO FEEDING THE USELESS MASSES WHO THINK THEY DESERVE AND ARE ENTITLED TO A CERTAIN STANDARD OF LIVING!!!!!
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REWARD PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE AS A WAY OF LIFE FOR BEING LAZY AND CRIMINAL AND FOR GODS SAKE WHY DO WE HELP THESE KIDS WHO DO NOT EVEN TRY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL?!
THEIR CLAIM TO FREEDOM IS THE BATTLE CRY OF
"I WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE I'M NOT WHITE."
OR I WAS BORN POOR AND GREW UP IN THE HOOD" WITH FAMILY PROBLEMS.,etc.
GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE!!!!!
WITHOUT HARD WORK AND DOING THE RIGHT THINGS I'M SORRY YOU DO'NT GET SHIT IN MY BOOK IT'S NOBODIES FAULT BUT THEIR OWN FOR ENDING UP SO UTTERLY FUCKED AND POOR AND OUT ON THE STREETS.
VERY FEW PEOPLE REALLY NEED THE PUBLIC SYSTEM TO SUSTAIN THEM FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE UP UNTIL THIS VERY DAY THESE WELLFARE BABY MAKING MACHINES KEEP ON SUCKING THE WELLFARE TIT UNTIL ALL THEIR CHILDREN ARE GROWN AND IF YOU DO THE MATH A WOMAN IS CAPABLE OF HAVING CHILKDREN UNTILL SHE'S HOW OLD? 45/50? AND THEN THE SYSTEM PAYS FOR THAT KID AND HER A PLACE TO LIVE UNTILL THE KID IS EIGHTEEN OR IN SCHOOL.,HAHAHA THE LAST ONE RARELY HAPPENS!!
WE HAVE A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THOSE AND THEN WE HAVE A MILLION OR MORE ON FOOD STAMPS AND MEDICADE AND CARE!!!!
SURE INVITE MORE ILLEGALLS AND FORIEGHN BORN ISLAMICS AND LETS HAVE SOME MORE RECENT CONVERTS TO ISLAM ENTER OUR MILLITARY RANKS WHILE WE ARE TALKING GAME!!!!
THIS SHIT IS REAL AND IT'S NO FUCKING JOKE.
OUR OWN POLITICIANS AND GOVERNMET OFFICIALS ARE INSANE NOT TO SEE THESE THINGS AND PUT AN END TO THEM BUT THEY LET IT ALL HANG OUT THERE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE AND WE DO NOTHING?
WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR PRISONS FOR NON VIOLENT MARIJUANA OFFENCES I WOULD TRUST BEFORE I WOULD TRUST ONE OF THESE GANGBANGERS OR A CONVERT TO ISLAM OR A FORIEGHN BORN IN OUR MILLITARY RANKS TODAY!!
FUCK THE FEDS IN THE U.S.A. AND THE LIBERALS IN CHARGE OF THE GREAT BRITTIAN!!!!!!!
FREEDOM LOVING PEOPLE HAD BETTER STAND UP TO THESE LIBERAL BRAIN WASHED INSANE PEOPLE AND PRAY FOR THE STRENGTH TO DO SO BECAUSE THEY ARE ENTENCHED AND THEY WORSHIP THE ALLMIGHTY DOLLAR AND HAVE CONTROLL OVER EVERY MEDIA OUTLET!!
WE ARE GREATLY OUTNUMBERED!!
BUT THE TRUTH IS OUT HERE AND I FOR ONE AM SPREADING MY MIND ABOUT IT ALL!
STAND UP!!! AND GROW YOUR OWN AND FREE YOUR MIND AND FREE THE PLANET!!!!!!!!!
GO AHEAD AND HAVE FUN TODAY AND TELL A LIBERAL THAT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU AND ME.
AND WE DO'NT HAVE A VOTE IN THE MATTER EITHER.
THAT WILL FREAK THEM OUT.
DavidNuttUK
Nov 6 2009, 5:09 am
Follow me on twitter.
www.twitter.com/DavidNuttUK
Make this country a democracy!
gstlab3
Nov 3 2009, 8:19 pm
MARIJUANA IS SAFER THAN TYLENAL AND ASPRIN!!!!
MARIJUANA HAS "SAFE" AND "POSITIVE" AFTER AND SIDE EFFECTS WHEN USED IN MODERATION AND IS NON ADDICTIVE., BUT DOES MAKE A NICE REPLACEMENT FOR BEER AND LIQUIRE!!!! OH HELL YEAH!!!!
AND IT DOES'NT MAKE YOU WANNA KICK EVERYONES ASS AND FALL DOWN THOWING UP YOUR GUTS AND THEN DRIVING THROUGH A CROWDED STREET WHERE YOU WIPE OUT A FAMILY OF EIGHT IN YOUR 8000 lb. SUV DOING NINETY IN "TWENTY!"FIVE., BECAUSE YOU ARE WASTED AND STUPID AND HAVE CRAPPED YOUR PANTS AGAIN!!!!
OH NEVER MIND THE DRAMATIC DIFFERANCE BETWEEN THOSE BEHAVIORS OF AN ALCOHOLIC DRUNK STUPID PERSON AND THE HAPPLESS STONER ON THE COUCH EATING A BAG OF OREOS AND DOWONING A GALLON OF GOOD OLD FASHIONED COW SQUEEZINGS.., mmm.,
MOO JUICE..., YOUKNOW WHAT THEM CITY FOLK CALL MILK!!!!!
OH!!! MAN VIDEO GAMES!!! NO WAIT!!!! MORE COOKIES!!!!!!!!
STUPID GOVERNMENT LIES AND STUPID PEOPLE WHO BLINDLY FOLLOW THEM ARE WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
MAN!!!! THESE GOVERNMENT LAKIES OF BIG BUISNESS AND BIG PHARMA ARE THE RUINATION OF OUR GREAT SOCIETIES AND OUR MORAL CODE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THEIR INVENTIONS OF SERVITUDE TO THEM.,THE DEMANDS/COMMERCIALIZATION FOR MORE OF OUR WEALTH IS SACRIFICED FOR THE PLEASURE OF A FEW ELITE!!!
I SAY IT'S "HIGH TIME" WE SAY NO MORE LIES!!!!!
NO MORE SERVITUDE TO THE STATE
NO MORE PROHIBITION ON MEDICINAL PLANTS!!!
STARTING WITH MARIJUANA!!!
ENDING WITH BETTER ACCESS TO PAIN MEDICATION/OPIATES!!!
FOR THE INFIRM ANS SICK AND DYING!!!!
GROW YOUR OWN!!! FREE YOUR MIND., FREE THE PLANET!!!
peoplefrthepeople
Nov 3 2009, 2:01 pm
Red Bud
Nov 3 2009, 1:49 pm
Let's look at the police for a moment. Depending on where you are, the penalties for possession can be quite stiff. The police catch you with an ounce or so of marijuana. They take your car, they sell it and the money goes to pay for equipment and overtime. The money that you may have had when you got busted will just disappear. The police most certainly would not like a liberal law. They'll use words like public safety to justify themselves but we all know it's about money. The judicial system also benefits from marijuana. When you're standing there and the judge is figuring out how to punish you. He looks at the type of job you have and the money you have coming in. If your poor, he'll give you some jail time. But if you have money, he'll slap you with 1000's in fines and make you go to a rehab center for your "problem". It's about the money every time.
It's time to end all this nonsense, people know what's really going on. I have a question for any politician, judge or policeman who may be reading this.
Do you really believe that locking up someone or saddling them with fines is less harmful than the marijuana they were caught with?
finally
Nov 3 2009, 11:47 am
sucker
Nov 3 2009, 11:32 am
a criminal institution, who feed of tax payers like parasites, the entire structure is rotten,not credible.
peopleforthepeople
Nov 3 2009, 10:26 am
Bobcat
Nov 2 2009, 11:27 pm
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chupacabra
Nov 2 2009, 8:56 pm
It is a very brave and honorable man who gave up his government job to let the world know the truth about cannabis. He was absolutely right to speak the truth and should never regret doing so.
the truth is in the open cannabis is quite benign and harmless screw the government propaganda and lies,
we don't want the pharmaceutical dope, we prefer a natural medicinal plant, Get your glowpanel 45 and glow your own.
Big daddy
Nov 2 2009, 8:01 pm
Will you be ready?
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smitty
Nov 2 2009, 6:49 pm
More bull,even deeper
Nov 2 2009, 6:32 pm
Apparently all elected officials are fools.
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