Surely you remember Prof. David Nutt making international headlines late last year after the UK government drug policy adviser was fired for saying that marijuana should be legalized. Five other members of the advisory council he chaired quit in protest to his firing. Nutt has just been replaced by Professor Les Iverson who, ironically, has made similar remarks regarding cannabis' legality.
He said: "Cannabis should be legalised not just decriminalised because it is comparatively less dangerous than legal drugs alcohol and tobacco."
Iverson now claims to have learned more about marijuana and changed his point of view.
"I don't remember saying that, it's certainly not my position now. That was a view I had in 2003 and a great deal has happened since then. I think it's quite free for a scientist to change his mind when faced with new facts."
Or when faced with a new job opportunity...
2 comments:
I believe it is easy to change his mind when there's a new job opportunity, not just scientist.
He's retired. Are there no curently active scientists that agree with the government?
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