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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:31 PM

Published 11/01/2009 by Chronicle of Higher Education


British Government Fires Outspoken Professor From Drug Post

The British government has dismissed David J. Nutt, a pharmacology professor who headed the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, after he suggest that marijuana was no more dangerous than alcohol or tobacco and that the government's approach to classifying drugs had become...

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UK government drug advisor quits in protest
A prominent member of the British government's drugs advisory panel has resigned in protest over the treatment of the committee's chairman Professor David Nutt. ... - [11/01/2009 - Eircom.net]
Government drugs adviser resigns
Prof David Nutt was sacked from his role at the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs A part-time adviser on the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has resigned ... - [11/01/2009 - BBC]
Drugs adviser was wrong - Johnson
The home secretary says Prof Nutt was wrong on cannabis dangers Home Secretary Alan Johnson said he thought his ex-chief drugs adviser was 'wrong' on cannabis - ... - [11/01/2009 - BBC]
Alan Johnson under fire for making drugs aide ... - [10/31/2009 - Edinburgh Evening News]
UK drug advisor's stacking outrage - [10/31/2009 - Sky News Australia]
Sacked adviser: My kids took drugs - [11/01/2009 - Ananova]
Britain's top anti-drugs adviser sacked - [11/01/2009 - Asiaone]
Saying booze worse than pot gets UK drugs advis... - [11/01/2009 - Taipei Times Online]
British Government Fires Drug Advisor over Mari... - [11/01/2009 - High Times]
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