ecstasy no worse than riding a horse


	ecstasy no worse than riding a horse

zadoz

10-29-2009 6:04 AM

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cocaine, heroin, barbiturates, methadone, alchol, cannabis, tabacco

zadoz says:

Professor Nutt's views are his own...

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THE Government's chief adviser on drugs caused fury last night by claiming 
booze and fags are more dangerous than LSD.
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Professor David Nutt also said the risk of taking ecstasy was no worse than 
riding a horse - and blasted the decision to upgrade cannabis to a class B 
drug.
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Professor Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, said 
smoking cannabis created only a "small risk" of psychotic illness.
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He said: "No one is suggesting that drugs are not harmful. The critical 
question is scale." He attacked the "artificial" separation of alcohol and 
tobacco from illegal drugs.
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Shadow Home Office Minister James Brokenshire said: "Rather than adding 
clarity to the debate on drug classification, his comments will add 
confusion."
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