Article: Cannabis scandal expert admits: My children have taken drugs; Nutt's confession as his colleagues threaten to quit.(News)

Byline: Simon McGee and Andy Whelan

THEGovernment drugs adviser sacked for claiming cannabis is less harmful than alcohol has admitted that some of his children have taken drugs.

Professor David Nutt was dismissed on Friday as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for saying cannabis created only a 'relatively small risk' of psychotic illness and was less damaging to health than nicotine or alcohol.

Last night, the University of Bristol professor of psychopharmacology revealed some of his children - he has two sons and two daughters, aged 18 to 26 - had taken 'soft drugs' before and that he was more concerned about drinking ...

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