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UK: Ex-drugs czar warns more may quit
Press Association Saturday 31 Oct 2009 The former chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs claimed that further members of the Government panel were ready to follow him out of the door. Prof Nutt was forced to quit amid intense controversy about his views on the harmfulness of drugs and his criticism of Government policies. He had been especially scathing about the decision of the Prime Minister and then home secretary Jacqui Smith to upgrade cannabis to class B - in defiance of his advice. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning, Prof Nutt said: "He is the first Prime Minister, this is the first Government, that has ever in the history of the Misuse of Drugs Act gone against the advice of its scientific panel. "And then it did it again with ecstasy and I have to say it's not about (me) over-stepping the line, it's about the Government over-stepping the line. "They are making scientific decisions before they've even consulted with their experts." Prof Nutt went on to say that many of the other 30 members of the drugs advisory council were highly disgruntled by the Government's position and could also be set to resign. "I know that my committee was very very upset by the attitude the Prime Minister took over cannabis. We actually formally wrote to him to complain about it," he said. "I wouldn't be surprised if some of them stepped down. Maybe all of them will."
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