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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Former government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt writes to PM arguing against banning legal highs 🌿Former government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt writes to PM arguing against banning legal highs
David Nutt, a former government adviser on drugs, has written an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron calling on the Government to reconsider planned legislation that will ban all 'legal highs'.
The proposed Psychoactive Substances Bill has already been criticised by the advisory council on the misuse of drugs (ACMD), a body Professor Nutt chaired until 2009, which fears the blanket ban is unworkable.
Professor Nutt has often been outspoken over government policy on drugs.
He is among more than 40 academics, campaigners and professionals to have signed the letter, reproduced below:
Dear Prime Minister,
We the undersigned request that HM Government immediately reconsiders the proposed Psychoactive Substances Bill (2015).
Parliament is responsible for protecting citizens against the harms of drugs. However, the enactment of the Psychoactive Substances Bill would be deleterious to the freedoms, well-being and ultimate safety of UK citizens. The UN Drug Conventions were established under...
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