David Nutt Drug Harm Scale Revisited: His Science Was Flawed, Say Fellow Researchers
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 12:40
in Psychology & Sociology
In 2009, UK drugs advisor Dr. David Nutt was relieved of his duties due to controversial views on the harmfulness of different drugs and the lack of evidence behind current drug policy.Various claims were that this was politically motivated and concern was that scholarly research such as Nutt's should not be subject to political attack.Agreed, but a new article in Addiction says the attack was justified because Nutt's work on the harmfulness of drugs is scientifically flawed.read more
