BRITAIN’S new drug Czar wants to DOWNGRADE mind-bending ecstasy and LSD, it was revealed last night.
Professor David Nutt, who was appointed yesterday, says they should no longer be class A because it does not deter people from taking them.
The professor is the new chairman of the Government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
Ecstasy tablets
In 2006 he told the council’s science and technology committee: “I think the evidence base for classification producing deterrence is not strong and we see that with a number of drugs.
“I think LSD and ecstasy probably shouldn’t be class A.”
LSD tabs
The Home Office last night said classification of ecstasy may now re-examined.
A spokesman said: “The ACMD will consider the evidence for the classification of ecstasy with an open mind based upon its social misuse and harms relative to other drugs in the classification system.”
Prof Nutt, formerly the advisory council’s chief scientist, recently called the Government’s decision to upgrade cannabis to class B from class C “naive”.
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He said reclassification would not put off users.
Prof Nutt took over from Sir Michael Rawlins, who said his successor would provide “the best possible advice to government.”
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith praised Sir Michael last night adding: “I look forward to working with his successor so that the advisory council’s expert advice can continue to inform our drive to reduce the harm caused by illegal substances.”
Lorna Spinks, 19, died in 2001 after taking two ecstasy tablets before visiting a nightclub in Cambridge.
And Leah Betts died after taking the drug in 1995 at an 18th birthday party in Essex.
LSD has been blamed for causing insanity and deaths, including a young mother beheading her baby in the US.
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