Drugs & The Brain: Time for a Neuroscience Enlightenment?
We welcomed Professor David Nutt (DM, FRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci, Professor of Psychopharmacology at Imperial College London and chair of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs) who spoke about UK's drug policy and drug legalisation.
Professor Nutt was dismissed from the governmental Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in a political storm following his comments about the state of drug policy in this country. In the controversy that followed, many members of the Council resigned in solidarity. They have now formed an independent organisation that aims to downgrade and decriminalise a large number of drugs.
Over 900 people came to listen to his on research on illegal drugs, drug legalisation and how drug laws affect research.
January 2015
