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Monday, November 02, 2009

Drug adviser rolled over cannabis claims

"A row has broken out in Britain, after the chief drugs adviser to the government was sacked when he said alcohol and cigarettes were more dangerous than cannabis.

"Other scientists on the drugs advisory council have resigned in protest, complaining the government is ignoring science in favour of popular myths.

"When Professor David Nutt made his statements on marijuana, he thought he was simply telling the truth.

"He said the drug was reclassified from class C to the more dangerous category B against scientific evidence, simply on the whim of Prime Minister Gordon Brown ..."
ABC News

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