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UK: Cannabis sacking - MP's challenge
Nidderdale Herald Saturday 14 Nov 2009 Mr Willis, who chairs the powerful Commons science and technology committee, asked to see proof that Prof David Nutt had breached any part of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) code of practice. Mr Johnson has previously said Prof Nutt failed to give the Home Office advance warning about a paper in which he said alcohol and tobacco were more dangerous than ecstasy and LSD. The professor also questioned the decision to reclassify cannabis. Since his dismissal, it has emerged that the Home Office has ordered a review of the ACMD. The purpose is to look at whether it is accountable, if it is "discharging its functions" properly and if it continues to represent value for money. Mr Willis said the Government had previously assured MPs it was "committed to the provision of independent scientific advice and to supporting the mechanisms and structures by which this advice is delivered". He asked the Home Secretary to explain "what force remains in these assurances" in the light of Prof Nutt's dismissal last month, which sparked the resignations of two colleagues on the ACMD. Prof Nutt has also been asked to respond to the committee, as has Professor John Beddington, the Government's chief scientific advisor. http://www.nidderdaleherald.co.uk/harrogate-news/Cannabis-sacking--MP39s-challenge.5820152.jp
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