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Government knows more about science than scientists
As previously reported by SSY, the government isn’t generally too keen on scientific advice when it comes to formulating drug policy. When the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, and independent body advising the government on drugs legislation, recommended against Cannabis being reclassified as a class B drug, the Labour government went ahead and [...]
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Prohibition has always failed
Every human society since we first evolved has experimented with drugs, pyschoactive substances, and altered states of consciousness. Many leading psychologists and anthropologists believe that this is a normal part of human life, and experimenting with substances like cannabis or magic mushrooms has actually played a role in the evolution of modern, intelligent humans. But [...]
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Another non-mephedrone related death
Back in April the Daily Mail asked us: “Meow Meow: Is Carmen, 17, the latest victim?” Shock answer: no. Carmen Marie Moulton from Penrith died in April just after the government imposed a ban on mephedrone, due to media scare stories with no scientific basis. These stories, as we all now know, revolved around picking [...]
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More Mephedrone lies exposed
The case for the mephedrone ban rushed in by the last government was again undermined today, after it was revealed two teenagers from Scunthorpe did NOT die as a result of the drug. Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nicholas Smith, 19, died in March. At the time Humberside Police helped contribute to the climate of drugs [...]
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Lancet blasts government over Mephedrone
The Lancet, one of the most respected medical journals, has used an editorial to slam the government’s ban on mephedrone. Under the title ‘A collapse in the integrity of scientific advice in the UK,’ they write: “There was little time to consider carefully the scientific evidence on mephedrone. The ACMD did not have sufficient evidence [...]
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Nesbitt: Just Say No (to prohibition)
Scottish Socialist Party General Election candidate for Glasgow Central, James Nesbitt, today spoke out against the banning of ‘legal high’ mephedrone, which came into effect today, Friday 16 April. James, an unemployed 23 year old and resident of Govanhill, said: “Prohibition is a flawed approach. Experience has shown that criminalisation does not reduce harm. Leading [...]
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AAAH! ELECTION!
Just a warning, but don’t go anywhere near STV tonight. NICK CLEGG IS GOING TO BE ON IT. And Gordon Brown. And David Cameron. The reason: they’re going to be ‘debating’ with each other, answering stage-managed questions from a strictly controlled studio audience (no clapping, no jeering, no facial expressions), in the first of three much hyped up ’leaders debates’. This [...]
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Another government expert resigns over Mephedrone
Another expert adviser, Eric Carlin, has resigned from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, in protest at the government’s rush to ban Mephedrone. Carlin is an expert in the field of drug prevention, public health and health promotion. His resignation from the council leaves the government’s already damaged drugs and scientific policy even [...]
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Fear, lies and pseudo-science
So, the inevitable has happened. The government yesterday announced that their agenda on drugs is being set by the corporate media, when Home Secretary Alan Johnson told the media he will rush through a ban on Mephedrone in the few days left before parliament breaks up for the election. How quickly can newspapers and the [...]
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Drugs: the government vs. SCIENCE
Yet another member of the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs, the independent body of scientists that advises the government on it’s drugs policy, has walked out. Members of the committee have been enraged by the government’s political interfering into their work. Dr. Polly Taylor is a veterinary surgeon, and has resigned in protest [...]
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