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not others, such as drug use.
There are many risky activities such as base jumping, climbing, bungee jumping,
hang-gliding, motorcycling which have harms and risks equal to or worse than many
illicit drugs. Of course, some people engage in so called ‘extreme’ sports specifically
because they are dangerous. Horse riding is not one of these and most of those who
engage in it do it for simple pleasure rather than from thrill seeking, almost certainly
in complete ignorance of the risks involved. Other similarly dangerous yet fun
activities are rugby, quad-biking and boxing. With the exception of boxing, which is
outlawed in some European countries, sports are not illegal despite their undoubted
harms.
— David Nutt - Equasy – An overlooked addiction with implications for the
current debate on drug harms [7]
Senare under 2009 så kritiserade David Nutt regeringen i Storbritannien för att den vägrade att lyda
ACMD:s vetenskapliga råd att nedreglera MDMA från en klass A-drog. ACMD:s rapport om ecstasy
baserades på en 12-månaders studie av 4000 akademiska avhandlingar och drog slutsatsen att ecstasy
inte är lika farligt som andra droger i klass A, exempelvis heroin och kokain och skulle därmed
omklassificeras till Klass B. David Nutt släppte även en lista över drogers farlighet [8] som skapade
rubriker över hela världen [9] . Allt detta blev för mycket för inrikesministern Alan Johnson som
sparkade David Nutt för att han arbetade mot den gällande policyn [10][5] .
Efter den händelsen så valde flera andra i ACMD:s råd att avgå. Flera ansåg att om politikerna ska låta
politisk korrekthet gå före vetenskapen så finns det ingen anledning att ha ett vetenskapligt råd. [11]
“
On November 10, 2009 three further members of the Council resigned following a
meeting with Alan Johnson. They were: Dr John Marsden, Dr Ian Ragan and Dr Simon
Campbell. A sixth member, Dr Polly Taylor, resigned in March 2010, shortly before
the decision to make the legal high, mephedrone illegal. On April 1, 2010 Eric Carlin
also resigned after the announcement that mephedrone would be made illegal,
saying that the decision by the Home Secretary was "unduly based on media and
political pressure". He also stated "We had little or no discussion about how our
recommendation to classify this drug would be likely to impact on young people's
behaviour. As well as being extremely unhappy with how the ACMD operates, I am
not prepared to continue to be part of a body which, as its main activity, works to
facilitate the potential criminalisation of increasing numbers of young people."
— Wikipedia [5]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCChf2WHNE4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUmAAMVdcok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWQaJZkDaB8
Övriga
Ron Paul
Ron Paul är en amerikanska representathus-delegat och har bl.a ställt upp som presidentkandidat
2012. Ron Paul har bl.a följande att säga om kriget mot droger:
Ron Paul on Nixon's drug war:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-47os_vMI
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