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Drugs policy and the government: the hazard of outrage
Outrage and hazard are often disproportionate, and governments can be as lousy at calculating risk as any stats-challenged individual. Government advisor Professor Nutt recommended a policy of honestly evaluating the harm caused by intoxicants – a policy which would logically extend to decriminalising or reclassifying many illegal substances (including cannabis, ecstasy and LSD) which are […]
November 1, 2009 by Sarah Ditum
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