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HARDtalk - Professor David Nutt

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Professor David Nutt is one of the UK's leading neuroscientists. In 2009 he suggested that LSD, ecstasy and cannabis were less harmful than alcohol and tobacco. He was promptly sacked as the government's chief adviser on drug abuse. His removal from the post raised questions about the use of scientific advice in government. He talks to Stephen Sackur.