The Kent Crime and Justice Centre, working with the UKC Psychedelics Society, invites you to an open lecture by Prof. David Nutt.
David Nutt holds the Edmond J. Safra Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London. Until November 2009, he was Chair of the government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). He was sacked by the Home Secretary, who disagreed with the evidence that Prof. Nutt was discussing in public.
The regulation of drugs – including alcohol and tobacco – is an issue of pressing importance due to the increasing health care costs associated with their use and the new sorts of synthetic agents being developed sold over the internet.
Prof. Nutt’s talk will reflect on these issues in the light of his ten year experience on the AMCD. He will present new analyses that compare the harms of drugs and alcohol using more sophisticated methodology and challenge many of the current misconceptions about drugs – their harms – and how to deal with them.
To register for this free event go to – http://www.doodle.com/fuui8ydryqcfe8zh