Ignoring Scientific Advice About Illegal Drugs In Favour Of Politically And Morally Motivated Judgements Wont Send The Right Signal To Young People
An Editorial in this week’s Lancet discusses the decision of the UK home secretary Jacqui Smith to ignore expert advice to downgrade ecstasy. The recent report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs concluded “that the harmfulness of MDMA to individuals and society more closely equates to drugs in class B and it should therefore be downgraded.
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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on February 25th, 2009
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