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Speech and reception with Professor Nutt: the film
Last week we held an evening with Professor David Nutt and Professor Alex Stevens at Kings College.
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Cannabis testing in prison 'contributed to the rise of spice'
Testing prisoners for cannabis has 'massively contributed' to the rise in the use of spice in prisons, drugs expert Professor David Nutt says in an interview today.
'There were 16 deaths last year from spice in prisons', he told The Observer paper. 'There has never been a death from cannabis.' The failure to treat Britain’s heroin problem...
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Professor Alex Stevens to speak at David Nutt lecture
We're pleased to announce that Professor Alex Stevens from the University of Kent will be speaking at our event with Professor David Nutt, which we are co-organising with Drug Science.
He will join us on 30 October to say a few words in light of his recent resignation from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). He resigned from the ACMD over...
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Looking back on the establishment of Drug Science
I first came across David Nutt in July 2007, when he spoke at a conference called ‘Criminal Justice and Social Justice’, which the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies held at King’s College London. David spoke on the subject of ‘Why adopt a harm approach in relation to drugs?’.
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An evening with David Nutt
Our latest event - an evening with David Nutt - is on 30 October. The event is being held ten years to the day that Professor Nutt was fired from his role as chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for standing for drugs policies grounded in science and evidence.
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When evidence and politics collide: The David Nutt affair
On 14 September, 2015, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies hosted a roundtable meeting where we heard from Dr Deborah Drake (The Open University) and Professor Reece Walters (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane).
They discussed their research into the David Nutt affair....
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Legal highs deaths over-estimated
The number of deaths due to so-called legal highs has been misrepresented, according to Professor David Nutt, chair of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs.
Writing in The Lancet with long-term collaborator Dr...
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Open letter to the Home Secretary
Dear Home Secretary,
I am writing to you about your decision to dismiss Professor David Nutt as chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
It was the Centre for Crime and...
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Statement by Professor David Nutt on calls to ban mephedrone
Responding to calls by the National Association of Headteachers for mephedrone to be banned, Professor David Nutt, chair of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) said:
'I support the Home Secretary's position that a rush into classifying mephedrone is premature
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Estimating drug harms: a risky business?
Alcohol probably poses the biggest drugs harm challenge today, according to a new briefing from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.