Ecstasy and LSD should be downgraded to Class B, says adviser

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The drugs Ecstasy and LSD should be downgraded from Class A to Class B, according to a scientist who advises the Government on drugs law.

Professor David Nutt, chairman of the technical committee of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), said that Ecstasy’s presence in the same category as heroin and cocaine was an anomaly that should change.

He told MPs yesterday: “I think MDA, LSD and Ecstasy problems shouldn’t be Class A.” MDA, also known as the love drug or the hug drug, is a mind-altering drug similar to Ecstasy.

Mr Nutt said, however, that there was a possibility that barbiturates could move up to the Class A category.

Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, the chairman of the ACMD, confirmed that a review of Ecstasy’s legal status was under way. It would include a close look at whether more could be done to reduce the harmful effects of the dance drug, which is taken by an estimated 500,000 people a week.

Vernon Coaker, the Drugs Minister, told the all-party Science and Technology Committee that the Government would examine any recommendations from the ACMD. He refused, however, to guarantee that he would act on any suggested reclassification.

Mr Coaker said: “If the ACMD look at a drug and come to us with a recommendation, of course we will look at it. Whether we then act on it will be a matter of political judgment.”

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Ecstasy and LSD should be demoted to Class B, says adviser

The Times
Richard Ford, Home Correspondent
23 November 2006

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Mr Coaker said: “If the ACMD look at a drug and come to us with a recommendation, of course we will look at it. Whether we then act on it will be a matter of political judgment.”
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I'm not going to hold my breath... when the ACMD recommended that cannabis be downgraded to Class C a couple of years ago, they also recommended that MDMA be downgraded to Class B at the same time. No surprises, the Government ignored the latter piece of advice. Even if they did think it was a good idea (I'm sure they don't), they probably think it would be too controversial with the majority of voters.
 
Well this is sort of good news as they're my two favourite drugs that i do most of the time, but just legalise them already. :D
 
hmm. interesting thought. i think more should be done for cannabis than these drugs though. cannabis is far less dangerous than either of these. although id say lsd would be less dangerous than ecstasy.

I thought MDMA was the love drug not MDA. most people i know prefer MDMA far more than MDA.
 
what difference does some random scientists opinion make, while we have an oppressive draconian executive branch in power???

Buck Fush!!!!
 
clamjuice said:
hmm. interesting thought. i think more should be done for cannabis than these drugs though. cannabis is far less dangerous than either of these. although id say lsd would be less dangerous than ecstasy.

I thought MDMA was the love drug not MDA. most people i know prefer MDMA far more than MDA.
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MDMA is the love drug. MDA is the hug drug. :)


This was in the newspaper to today and all the kids in my school were like ":X " the reason our society fails.
 
Also, that's a good point clamjuice!

The most fascinating facet about the recent Democratic takeover in Congress is the hope for medical marijuana legislation. Maybe we stand a chance with a slight majority. In all probability, it will take another decade IMO before we see significant change. But keep hope alive!!
 
That's were it belongs IMO. It is nothing more than a recreational drug and the people that are under the influence of it are less likely to cause trouble.

I would honestly think that more than 500,000 people take it a week.
 
Well the A, B & C classification is sopposed to refelect their potential for causing harm, so having LSD etc as class A and barbiturates as class B is so utterly wrong that it makes a mockery of the whole classification system. They really need to reconsider the classification of all drugs if they're going to use a system like that

If alcohol, tobacco & caffeine were classed in that way then alcohol & tobacco would be class A and caffeine class C...
 
this is good news (probably will never happen tho)
but i hope we all aren't looking at it on the recreational side of things.....this would open up a massive world of discovery in therapy!! IF they do go to class B, these drugs will be able to be studied and used medicinally (if proven worthy).
There is no doubt about it, they would find that these drugs can open up doors to into the mind and speed up recovery like never before.

It makes me so angry/disappointed that these wonderful substances cannot even be studied properly just because some moron/s believe its as harmful as crack cocaine or heroin...:(
 
Fanch said:
what difference does some random scientists opinion make, while we have an oppressive draconian executive branch in power???

Buck Fush!!!!
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lol... this article is about the UK
 
havent there already been studies that say this? why are they going to listen to this one?
 
Pig dog said:
this is good news (probably will never happen tho)
but i hope we all aren't looking at it on the recreational side of things.....this would open up a massive world of discovery in therapy!! IF they do go to class B, these drugs will be able to be studied and used medicinally (if proven worthy).
There is no doubt about it, they would find that these drugs can open up doors to into the mind and speed up recovery like never before.

It makes me so angry/disappointed that these wonderful substances cannot even be studied properly just because some moron/s believe its as harmful as crack cocaine or heroin...:(
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unfortunately UK drug law doesn't work that way.there are differences between schedules and classes. Something can be class B or C eg cannabis and still be schedule 1 ie without medical utility and therefore cannot be prescribed . heroin (diamorphine) and cocaine on the other hand are class A and schedule 2 and can be prescribed.
The class of a drug is a measure of how hard they punish you to save yourself from the menance of the evil drug.
If they remain class A and get moved to schedule 2 then they could be prescribed... some chance. there was the same optimism 10 years ago and 10 years on it is all just the same, unless we do something about it, 10 years time from now it will still be the same.
Don't expect our masters to listen to logic or science, they have long said thaey would follow an evidence based approach to drug legislation, well the ovewhelming evidence is that prohibition doesn't work, do they change their approach??? of course not. the war on drugs could end, but as it is a war of attrition, like Vietnam or an Iraq, it needs a catalyst like the Tet offensive was in Vietnam to turn the public.
 
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