“The best way to reduce the harm drugs cause to society is to base policy on facts,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary.

Commenting on today’s comments by the Government’s chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt, that ministers ‘devalued’ scientific evidence when considering the classification of cannabis, Chris Huhne said:
 
“Professor Nutt is right to suggest that there needs to be a full and frank debate about drug abuse without resorting to moral hysteria.
 
“The best way to reduce the harm drugs cause to society is to base policy on facts, not as a method of political posturing.
 
“The Government should either listen to its experts or save money by appointing a committee of tabloid newspaper editors instead.”