Professor Nutt was sacked by the UK government from his job as Chairman of The UK Advisory council on the Misuse of Drugs, previously he had been head of the technical committee. Now he is active with a few fellow scientists in a new grouping which has no official status whatsoever: http://icsdp.org/

Professor Nutt was given £400K in funding from a London City Trader to set up the ICSDP after he was sacked from his government appointment.

Today he has a Lancet letter published, explained here: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Drinking-Alcohol-Is-More-Harmful-Than-Drugs-According-To-A-New-Study-Published-In-The-Journal/Article/201011115788906?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_3

The claim is that alcohol, causes more harm than crack cocaine (well of …

We are producing an intelligent and sensitive two-part documentary for BBC3. The aim is to explore the wide variety of issues for young people who have been, or are, involved in using cannabis and the impact that can have on their families and others around them. We are keen to explore how individuals, families, and friends cope when someone they know is using the drug on a regular basis. We feel it is important to get across their experiences, the short and long term impact of living with, or being close to, a cannabis user, particularly when that user is …

OK so Im sure you have noticed the changes that have happened lately to the TAC website but let me tell you why and how its happened;

Whilst taking a break; drinking a cup of tea and flicking through the channels, I spotted a documentary on cannabis. Debra and her son were featured on the programme and I heard the web address and took a mental note of it. After watching the programme I felt a definite connection with the story, so I visited the website to see what it was like (being a web designer Im a bit nosey …

UK Cannabis legalisation lobby founders in deep water?

A personal view by David Raynes

 The background to and an account of the hearing, in London on 5^th February 2008, of evidence to the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. It met to take this evidence on re-classifying cannabis to Class B from C under the UK system.

There is surely hardly an observer of drug politics in the world who does not know that the UK, four years ago, surprisingly downgraded cannabis from B to C. under our A to C classification system of potential harm, (Also …

SKY NEWS TV SUNDAY APRIL 6^TH APRIL 2008.  ADAM BOULTON INTERVIEWS DAVID CAMERON UK CONSERVATIVE LEADER.

1148 hours Boulton introduces e-mail questions from viewers:

AB      This is a question now from David Raynes who says: Does Mr Cameron personally now support re classifying cannabis back to Class B.

DC      Yes…I think we should. We had a discussion about this in our Shadow Cabinet some time ago and made very clear that was our policy. I think the main reason is because the sort of cannabis now being smoked is so strong and there is such a link to mental …