Article: Honest Professor Nutt...he makes much more sense than 'Just Say No' Zammo.(Features)

Byline: Lauren Booth

MY NAME is Lauren and I am a junkie. An addict to harmful substances, according to the Government's former drugs tsar, Professor David Nutt. He was sacked on Friday for claiming that cannabis and Ecstasy are less dangerous than alcohol or cigarettes in a new 'index of harm' he compiled to warn the public of the relative dangers of various substances.

Thanks to this list I have gone from being a social drinker and smoker to a habitual user of the fifth and ninth most harmful drugs available in Britain.

According to Nutt, who was chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the nicotine I inhale and the Australian ...

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