shocked Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 British Neuroscience Association President David Nutt provides his view - “a charity for this disorder ….could not consider working with 'illegal' drugs.” http://www.publicservice.co.uk/article.asp?publication=UK%20Science%20and%20Technology&id=594&content_name=Health&article=21221 shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoxieGirl Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Wow, really good article. I like Professor Nutt, and what he writes. Here is that paragraph in full, as I think it makes more sense: Cluster headache is one of the worst pain syndromes known with limited treatments and high suicide rates. 'Magic' mushrooms are widely used by sufferers, but the controlled status of psilocybin means it has not been formally studied. When a charity for this disorder was approached to request support for such a study, they replied that they could not consider working with 'illegal' drugs. This sentiment was echoed by Member of Parliament Jim Dobbin, who when he heard of current psilocybin work, asked the Drugs Minister to confirm that the appropriate licences were in place. This remarkable – and probably unique – level of parliamentary scrutiny of a scientific study illustrates how the 'illegal' status of this drug can provoke intense public interest of a negative sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Good Find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueballs Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 What a massive social stygma regarding lifesaving substances..considered, with no medicinal value. Makes me want to bang my head on something. > This sentiment was echoed by Member of Parliament Jim Dobbin, who when he heard of current psilocybin work, asked the Drugs Minister to confirm that the appropriate licences were in place. This remarkable – and probably unique – level of parliamentary scrutiny of a scientific study illustrates how the 'illegal' status of this drug can provoke intense public interest of a negative sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHurtsMyHead Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 In other words: Politicians don't care about people committing suicide for a condition that's treatable. They had rather something they don't understand and are afraid of, be banned.... At times, it seems a sad society we live in. I'd put money on it, Coffee kills more people each year than mushrooms..... Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipshot Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Hey Slaya I bet you are right on the coffee statement. The unwinnable WAR on drugs is to blame. Prohibition on alcohol should have taught us all a lesson. I doesn't work...never will. We needs to stop the maddness 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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