Mike Meno

Three More Members of UK’s Drug Advisory Board Resign

by Mike Meno

The resignations keep piling on in Britain, weeks after that nation’s chief drug adviser, Prof. David Nutt, was fired for publicly criticizing several UK government drug policies, including a recent decision to strengthen marijuana penalties.

Today, three more members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs were reported to have resigned in protest after they were unhappy with explanations offered by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, the man who demanded Nutt’s resignation. The resignations of Simon Campbell, Dr. Ian Ragan and John Marsden now bring to five the number of people on the once 31-member board who have left in protest since this saga began.

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15 comments

1 Let the prohibition empire FALL! { 11.10.09 at 3:52 pm }

Thank You for the post.
Forward this to all your local paper editors everyone.
With the AMAs announcement it’s only a matter of time for the masses.

2 Just Legalize It { 11.10.09 at 3:54 pm }

i have a good feeling that 2010 is going to be a great year for the marijuana movement. ill bet one state even legalizes next year… if not more

3 R.O.E. { 11.10.09 at 4:14 pm }

Let this madness end!

4 Joel { 11.10.09 at 4:20 pm }

Prohibitionist are loosing control of the world.

5 Burt { 11.10.09 at 5:07 pm }

brave men. no question about it when there is this kind of unjustness and spewing of lies within a government

6 DB { 11.10.09 at 5:40 pm }

You’re on your last legs, drug warriors!

7 Clarence { 11.10.09 at 5:48 pm }

Three who will no longer lie to keep their job. It seems that big bro is loosing the war, finally! There have been millions of casulties and now the beaten down can rise and say” Amen”.

8 Dayadog { 11.10.09 at 8:30 pm }

I swear to God i almost come to tears when i think about this topic. It is so damn frustrating to have to worry about being arrested for taking medicine that works for me. Power to the people!

9 steven in iowa { 11.10.09 at 8:54 pm }

there is a reason why sonic SATAM is one of my favorite cartoons of all time PROHIBITION=LIES, CRIME, IGNORANCE, GREED, AND VIOLENCE!!!!!!! (thus freedom fighters)
LEGAIZE IT!!!!!

10 Jesse Lee { 11.10.09 at 8:57 pm }

I have always liked the British Chivalry…falling on thier own sword for a conviction.

11 Rev.Sleezy { 11.10.09 at 9:23 pm }

Holy Smokes. These brave doctors. Taking a stand against the tyranny of prohibition and censorship of the medical field. I did not know so many LEO’s were smarter than the doctors. Where did all these LE doctors get their medical training?

The Rev.Sleezy
The Universal Life Church of the Holy Smokes
Potland, OR

TULCOTHS is a non-conformist idea born between your own ears.

12 R.O.E. { 11.11.09 at 2:23 am }

(does anyone else feel like this snowball gets bigger and bigger every day?)

Yes.It will start an avalance soon. Cannabis will be legalized. Freedom is what is desired,but my friends, when cannabis is legalized,that will just be the start. TRUE FREEDOM begins when we force government to do as we wish…always. We cant stop just with cannabis. Our freedoms have been under assult for a very long time,this will just be the start. Our rights MUST be regained. Dont trade legal cannabis for chains. Dont capitulate where the government is concerned or we will wake and bake in chains.

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have … The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)

A little rebellion now and then…is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826), Letter to James Madison, 1787

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826), letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Thomas_Jefferson

13 Anthony { 11.11.09 at 5:40 pm }

R.O.E. you are my hero. You are correct in saying our freedoms have been under assault for a long time. I pray that the eventual legalization of marijuana is not the last just thing we do in this country. In my opinion we should try and get the government’s long arms out of other places where they shouldn’t be. Our “free market” economy hasn’t been free in a long time thanks to good ‘ol Uncle Sam.

14 jay zee { 11.13.09 at 10:17 am }

does protesting in that matter really mean anything, are they helping or hurting the cause. are there investigations into this “wrongful” termination.

15 The dude { 01.16.10 at 9:13 pm }

Oh yes!! Let 2010 be the end prohibition and all people speak!!! End the machinery of stupidity and lies about the herb!!

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