XPost: uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
   From: deadmailbox@beeb.net   
      
   John Watson wrote:   
   > They couldn't wait.   
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   > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8334774.stm   
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   > Drugs adviser sacked for comments   
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   > The UK's chief drugs adviser has been sacked by home secretary Alan   
   > Johnson after criticising government policies.   
      
   He didn't criticise government policies. He spoke in favour of more accurate   
   and credible information. The government prefers to peddle myths and scare   
   stories rather than tell the truth. See David Nutt's article here. To those   
   who think his name is hilarious - yes, it's a funnier name than David Kelly,   
   another well known scapegoat.   
      
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/29/cannabis-dav   
   d-nutt-drug-classification   
      
   Even Mail readers disapprove.   
   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1224162/Drug-tsar-claime   
   -ecstasy-LSD-harmful-alcohol-sacked.html#comments   
      
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