Chris Huhne

Government meddling delayed action on methedrone – Huhne

Commenting on the legal drug methedrone following the deaths of two teenagers, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said:

“The failure to classify methedrone is a direct consequence of the Government’s interference in the independent advice of its scientific advisers.

“If the Home Secretary hadn’t meddled in the work of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs we would already have had their advice and the Government would be able to act.”

Notes to Editors

The Home Secretary commissioned the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to review methedrone and other legal highs last year. However, according to the BBC, the council’s working group, which was to have considered the evidence in January, was forced to reschedule after the resignation of its chairman Dr Les King in protest over the sacking of the ACMD’s chairman, Professor Nutt.

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