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LIDDLE: Like drunks in denial, MPs blow off truth about drugs 

Nutt also pointed out the simple fact that cannabis is less dangerous than tobacco or alcohol, pretty much regardless of the strength of the dope; nobody disputes this, and nobody disputed it three years ago when Nutt first made the comparison. But at that point the government was busy trying to push through its bill to ban the smoking of tobacco in public places and what is now an unfortunate truth was then a useful propaganda tool. . . .

But advisers should advise, surely, and be especially commended for doing so when their advice runs counter to public opinion and gets up the nose, to use an inapt metaphor, of critics. We have a serious drug problem and the sacking of Nutt suggests that there is not the remotest political will to address it.

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