Three more government drug advisers resign


	Three more government drug advisers resign

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11-10-2009 6:44 PM

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Telegraph's headline reads: "Three more drug advisers quit over David Nutt sacking"

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5c276c4d-dded-4814-873d-3d45865dad15/368E636B-EB8A-4C35-9290-08A715595158/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/10/drugs-david-nutt-advisory-johnson" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/10/drugs-david-nutt-advisory-johnson" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/10/drugs-david-nutt-advisory-johnson"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/A9CCD363-D59B-4D57-8B8B-8464530BFF22" alt="Professor David Nutt, former chief drugs adviser" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/10/drugs-david-nutt-advisory-johnson"><P>Three more government drug advisers resign over the home secretary's sacking of Professor <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/david-nutt">David Nutt</A> as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/drugs">Drugs</A> (ACMD).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/10/drugs-david-nutt-advisory-johnson"><P>The three all resigned after a face-to-face meeting with Alan Johnson, the home secretary, which was called in an attempt to heal the rift between the scientists and the government over Nutt's sacking.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/10/drugs-david-nutt-advisory-johnson"><P>The loss of three more members of the council brings the total who have gone to six out of an original membership of 31 the home secretary appointed to advise him on <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/drugspolicy">drugs policy</A>. Many of those remaining, who include police officers and judges, are there as representatives of organisations and are unlikely to tender personal resignations.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/10/drugs-david-nutt-advisory-johnson"><P>The three are believed to have argued for Nutt's reinstatement.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/10/drugs-david-nutt-advisory-johnson">A letter sent by the ACMD before the meeting to the home secretary said it was clear that a majority of its members had serious concerns about the role and treatment of the council and its work as a result of Nutt's dismissal:</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/368E636B-EB8A-4C35-9290-08A715595158/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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