Three More Members of UK’s Drug Advisory Board Resign

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.