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David Nutt is an English neuropsychopharmacologist specialising in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions such as addiction, anxiety, and sleep. He was the UK Government's chief advisor on drug policy. He was fired in 2009 after criticising the Government's approach to drug harms.
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- TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Why The Government Fired David Nutt
2:55 Is Alcohol the Most Harmful Drug?
10:35 How Prohibition Led to Cannabis Demonisation
15:16 Why Does the Government Hate Drugs?
20:50 The UN’s Disastrous Campaign Against MDMA
29:50 Why There is a Fentanyl Crisis in America
35:24 Peter Hitchens’ Objections
44:57 Do We Want a World Without Drugs?
50:54 How Kings and Queens Used Cannabis
54:28 How Medical Cannabis Saves People
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