Sacked drugs adviser accuses Gordon Brown of meddling in cannabis decision


	Sacked drugs adviser accuses Gordon Brown of meddling in cannabis decision

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10-31-2009 11:29 AM

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Gordon Brown comes into office and, soon after that, he starts saying absurd things like cannabis is lethal', says David Nutt.

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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/a3d51014-71c8-49ac-bd1d-83dcb1899e51/64FC9917-491A-4B0A-96C8-4EA7659AFAE6/" 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/oct/31/david-nutt-drugs-adviser-sacked" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/31/david-nutt-drugs-adviser-sacked" 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/oct/31/david-nutt-drugs-adviser-sacked"><H1>Sacked drugs adviser accuses Gordon Brown of meddling in cannabis decision</H1></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/oct/31/david-nutt-drugs-adviser-sacked"><P class="stand-first-alone" id="stand-first">Professor David Nutt warns resignations may result from prime minister's 'absurd' stance on reclassification</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/oct/31/david-nutt-drugs-adviser-sacked"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/6CD1DA0F-2EF7-4DF4-A3EA-BE8E5E3C55DB" alt="Man smoking cannabis" /></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/oct/31/david-nutt-drugs-adviser-sacked"><P class="caption">'Gordon Brown comes into office and, soon after that, he starts saying absurd things like cannabis is lethal', says David Nutt. 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