Posts tagged with ‘Drugs’

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The Home Secretary gets Zebooed

November 2, 2009

We’ve blogged already about this government’s previous form on ignoring scientific advice, and there’s plenty more in Complete and Utter Zebu. But we thought we really ought to Zeboo Home Secretary Alan Johnson.

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Ignoring the evidence

October 31, 2009

The sacking of scientific adviser Professor David Nutt by Home Secretary Alan Johnson might have caused astonishment, but the government has plenty of form when it come to flying in the face of scientific advice. In the early days of New Labour, much was made of “evidence-based policy” from Tony Blair and others. The 1999 [...]