adviser

UK has a new Chief drug adviser: Les Iversen

Wednesday 13 January 2010

After sacking David Nutt the UK has a new Chief drug adviser: Les Iversen. And he's not that negative towards cannabis either: In an article in 2003, he wrote that cannabis had been "incorrectly" classified as a dangerous drug for nearly 50 years and said it was one of the "safer" recreational drugs. During his career, the professor's focused his research on the effects of drugs on the brain.
Full article

Max Luna
Login or register to post comments

Prof. David Nutt is back

Saturday 9 January 2010

Remember Professor David Nutt? He used to be the UK's chief drugs adviser, but got sacked a few months ago. Reason: criticism. He openly disagreed with the decision of the UK government to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C. He also accused ministers of devaluing and distorting evidence and said drugs classification was being politicised. And that's some language the people in charge didn't accept. But damn right he was. And now David is back, stronger then ever.

Jack Silverback
Login or register to post comments

...if you spot something interesting, don`t hesitate to let us know...

Our Top links

Working to reform marijuana laws
> www.norml.org
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
> www.leap.cc
Hemp can save the world!
> www.jackherer.com
ENCOD
> www.encod.org
Free Marc Emery
> www.freemarc.ca

DS Classics 2010

1. Apologizing for writing bad drug laws
2. Bob Melamede on Endocannabinoids
3. Kiefer, Radeo, Rambo and Lanei in 'How to roll a joint'
4. Cheech and Chong confirm they're working on 'Up In Smoke 2'

5. 'The Principle of Pot' - Marc Emery documentary

Don't forget to check out our roll-a-joint videos. Almost 5.000.000 views at YouTube already! New vids are planned for February/March 2010.

Quote of the Day

“Is marijuana addictive? Yes, in the sense that most of the really pleasant things in life are worth endlessly repeating.”
- Richard Neville
More quotes