[link]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8334774.stm[/link]
The chief drugs adviser to Britain has been sacked by Alan Johnson, the home secretary of Britain for critisising the governments move to reclassify cannabis as a class B drug.
This man states a scientifically backed fact, and he gets sacked for it. I can't describe how angry I am right now.
As Chris Huhne, the liberal democrat home affairs spokesman said:
What is the point of having independent scientific advice if as soon as you get some advice that you don't like, you sack the person who has given it to you?"
He also said:
"If the government did not want to take expert scientific advice, it might as well have "a committee of tabloid newspaper editors to advise on drugs policy"
And that's the crux of the issue, and what makes me angry. This has fuck all to do with the science, it's just fucking political bullshit.
On a slightly different note, I resent the fact that the government tells us what we can and can't put into our bodies. It's my body, I'll do whatever the fuck I like with it.
EDIT:
To put things into context, this is a graph of harm to dependence.
The chief drugs adviser to Britain has been sacked by Alan Johnson, the home secretary of Britain for critisising the governments move to reclassify cannabis as a class B drug.
This man states a scientifically backed fact, and he gets sacked for it. I can't describe how angry I am right now.
As Chris Huhne, the liberal democrat home affairs spokesman said:
What is the point of having independent scientific advice if as soon as you get some advice that you don't like, you sack the person who has given it to you?"
He also said:
"If the government did not want to take expert scientific advice, it might as well have "a committee of tabloid newspaper editors to advise on drugs policy"
And that's the crux of the issue, and what makes me angry. This has fuck all to do with the science, it's just fucking political bullshit.
On a slightly different note, I resent the fact that the government tells us what we can and can't put into our bodies. It's my body, I'll do whatever the fuck I like with it.
EDIT:
To put things into context, this is a graph of harm to dependence.