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Speakers:
Prof David Nutt, Chair of the Committee and Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, Imperial College London
Prof Val Curran, Professor of Psychopharmacology, University College London
Prof Les King, chemist, adviser to the Department of Health
Dr John Marsden, Reader in Addiction Psychology at Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
The Science Media Centre hosted the media launch of David Nutt’s new Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, following his sacking from the governments Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). Four scientists, including Professor Nutt, briefed journalists on the background to the new council and its plans.