Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs

Professor David Nutt, the Government's chief drug adviser, was sacked today after claiming ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol, Home Office sources said

In a lecture and briefing paper for the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College, London, Prof Nutt attacked what he called the "artificial" separation of alcohol and tobacco from other, illegal, drugs.

He accused former home secretary Jacqui Smith, who reclassified cannabis, of "distorting and devaluing" scientific research.

All drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, should be ranked by a "harm" index, he said, with alcohol coming fifth behind cocaine, heroin, barbiturates, and methadone.

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He *is* right. People underestimate the dangers of alcohol, and LSD was gaining popularity as a therapeutic drug before it was outlawed. Interestingly,

In one study in the late 1950s, Dr Humphry Osmond gave LSD to alcoholics in Alcoholics Anonymous who had failed to quit drinking. After one year, around 50% of the study group had not had a drink a success rate that has never been duplicated by any other means. en.wikipedia.org

The truth gets you fired?

Wow.

This guy is obviously a Nutt. How dare he try to speak the Truth to power.

Can't be having any of that!

So does banging 18 y/o strippers in a cemetary.

People are way too uptight.

Of course he's right. And the good thing is that his firing will fire the debate the prohibitionist control freaks are losing.

Hey Bill, what do you have to say about this shit?

"You never see a positive drug story on the news. They always have the same LSD story. You've all seen it:

"Today a young man on acid...thought he could fly...jumped out of a building...what a tragedy!"

What a dick. He's an idiot. If he thought he could fly why didn't he take off from the ground first? Check it out? You don't see geese lined up to catch elevators to fly south; they fly from the fucking ground. He's an idiot. He's dead. Good! We lost a moron. Fucking celebrate. There's one less moron in the world.

How about a positive LSD story, that would be newsworthy. Don't you think? Anybody think that? Just once, to hear a positive LSD story. "Today, a young man on acid, realised that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves... here's Tom with the weather."

WWBD?

^^^The video version is better...

www.dosenation.com

Thanks Null.

Here's the full version...marijuana shouldn't be illegal, it should be mandatory...

www.dosenation.com

Next they will be saying marijuana is safe and safer than tobacco.

Next they will be saying marijuana is safe and safer than tobacco.

#10 | Posted by KBM

Usually I would assume that to be satire, but given your track record of relentless stupidity...

Is *is* safer than tobacco, moron.

Professor David Nutt, the Government's chief drug adviser, was sacked today after claiming ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol


Wot a Nutt!

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dethly, no less...

LOL! Manypath(o)s got busted...

LOL! Manypath(o)s got busted...

What are you talking about, dumbass?

#6 | POSTED BY MANYPATHS AT 2009-10-30 03:03 PM | REPLY | FLAG FF!

LOL!

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