illicit drugs, science and politics can be a volatile mix, definitely. It is therefore not a complete surprise that David Nutt, a psychopharmacologist respected outpost of Bristol, Imperial College London, was canned today as the senior adviser of the drug U.K.. His fall was a document in which Nutt argued that ecstasy and other drugs have caused less damage than alcohol, although the researcher had faced before with the drug policies of the government.
Phil Willis, chairman of the House of Commons and scientific committees of technology, has already issued a statement stressing that it has asked the Interior Minister "clarification on why the eminent scientist Sir David Nutt has been removed as chairman of the Advisory Council on drug abuse (ACMD) at a time when independent scientific advice to the government is essential. It is disturbing if an independent scientist should be removed for reporting sound scientific advice. "
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