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Unqualified politicians v. Experts
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So who's more credible... Professor David Nutt with nothing to gain politically - or authoritarian populists (Labour, Tory, Jacqui Smith, Keith Vaz and every other careerist condemning the Professor).
So who's more credible... Professor David Nutt with nothing to gain politically - or authoritarian populists (Labour, Tory, Jacqui Smith, Keith Vaz and every other careerist condemning the Professor).
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Because I know a lot of experts, who for example, think we should be doing more on GM foods, building nuclear power stations, expanding Heathrow etc.
Perhaps they ARE the experts we ought to be agreeing with.
And this is coming from someone who wants quite a lot of legalisation to take place, before I get shouted down by the usual rent-a-gobs.
I wonder why has nobody in this thread actually answered the actual question. Is taking ecstasy more or less dangerous than riding a horse - yes or no? I believe you've taken this drug before, Aladdin - care to tell us what you think?
I think professor Nutt is a tit tbh, creating a word for an addiction to horse riding (lolwut) and then comparing it to the use of a non-addictive recreational drug. I'd like to see how he calucated the risks but i'm sure his paper is far too tl;dr.
And I should imagine is far, far safer than such activities as mountaineering- nor that you'd see any government minister rushing to ban that.
And let's not even compare with some of the legal drugs such as smoking or drinking, because then taking ecstasy becomes a very safe alternative indeed.
http://forum.liberalyouth.org/viewtopic.php?p=297644#p297644
But the only thing the doctor is guilty of is choosing the wrong sport. I am willing to beat my house that mountaneering is many, many times more dangerous than taking pills. I'm willing to bet far more people end up brain damaged through boxing than through taking pills.
I look forward for such activities and many more that I'm sure would surface if researched a bit to be immediately banned as the reckeless evils they are.
I would also like to to see some comparisons between ecstasy vs. cigarettes or ecstasy vs. alcohol.
So the only pity is that the doctor didn't choose the right comparison. Having said that, I'd imagine the government would crucify any who dares to suggest a comparison of legal drugs versus illegal drugs and public debate about it. Far too many billions in profit at stake...
Four years is a long time to come to any sort of conclusion about anything when there's a cheap and easy supply of booze.