Several other members of the drugs advisory board resigned in protest. It's a typical case of the government asking scientists to come up with evidence and then refusing to see the evidence when it is presented. "You got us the wrong evidence! Get us another truth!"
At the bottom of this article, you can find the suggested classifcation by harm:
Of course, the point is not to ban alcohol, but to have a more mature debate about drugs (and possibly to unban relatively harmless drugs such as LSD, Ecstasy, Cannabis...)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article68947...
Several other members of the drugs advisory board resigned in protest. It's a typical case of the government asking scientists to come up with evidence and then refusing to see the evidence when it is presented. "You got us the wrong evidence! Get us another truth!"
At the bottom of this article, you can find the suggested classifcation by harm:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6474053.stm
Of course, the point is not to ban alcohol, but to have a more mature debate about drugs (and possibly to unban relatively harmless drugs such as LSD, Ecstasy, Cannabis...)