Toxicology, illicit drugs and their effects on individuals and the wider community is an incredibly complex subject, one that needs an advisory council to help guide policy. This is why the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) was formed in the first place to provide rational, objective, unbiased evidence in an area that is rife with emotive anecdotal scaremongering and personal bias. While Professor David Nutt’s opinions are perhaps a little provocative these not based on his random musings they are based on the wealth of evidence the ACMD have reviewed since he has been a part of it. Alan Johnson says that he disagrees with his view although offers bugger all in terms of evidence as to why. 

Alan Johnson can claim that Professor Nutt was sacked for campaigning against policy all he wants no-one is buying it. He was sacked because he drew attention to the misinformation this government is peddling; it was an Orwellian move by an Orwellian Party. The public have a right to know the truth and if the government are attempting to mislead the public through their archaic drug classification system and comments then who better to let us know than the head of the ACMD?

This Labour government has become power obsessed and megalomaniac, they have been in a position of power for so long they think they can get away with anything, including lying to the public and ignoring evidence. They think they know better than experts and if an expert speaks out against them they don’t attack the criticism itself they attack the source of the criticism and sack them. I can think of a few other groups that do this; Creationalists, The British Chiropractic Association and Scientologists. 

Alan Johnson now has a revolt on his hands, but don’t worry I predict Labour will do what any good Creationalist would do. Call the independent board up for review and then find a new bunch of people to run it that will agree with current government policy.

Ohh look they’ve already started.