Dr King, former head of the Home Office's Drugs Intelligence Unit, said: "Professor Nutt may be an adviser but he's still got the right to say what he likes. That was being denied."

The Government had the right to reject the council's advice but its attitude towards the council had changed "very recently". The council was being forced to operate to a "pre-defined political agenda", he said.

"It's being asked to rubber stamp a pre-determined position. If sufficient members do resign, the committee will no longer be able to operate."

That really is the whole prohib game, isn't it. I believe, here in the US, President Nixon was the first of many to do the exact same thing. Convene a meeting of experts and then ignore their advice when it doesn't conform to the "pre-defined political agenda".

"drug schedules" really seem random to me, here in the US and across the pond. :wtf: