Ignoring Reality- We are getting better at it.
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Read the full story at the guardian.co.uk here.
The situation is particularly fraught when eminent scientists are asked to advise on politically sensitive issues, such as the government’s drug policy. A debate over the risks of recreational drugs erupted into a public row in February when the former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, vetoed recommendations from her own drug advisers to downgrade ecstasy from its class A status.
Of course, here in the United States, government has been ignoring its scientific advisors on marijuana policy for decades, at least since Nixon first lined his bird cage with the two-year study he commissioned recommending marijuana’s decriminalization.
glen @ August 5, 2009