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title: "David Nutt: 'The government cannot think logically about drugs' | UK news | The Guardian"
date: 2010-12-06T08:37:27Z
modified: 2010-12-06T08:37:27Z
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author: Paul Garrett Hugel
timestamp: 2010-12-06T08:37:27Z
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> # David Nutt: ‘The government cannot think logically about drugs’
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> The former government adviser on drugs explains why his latest research named alcohol as the most dangerous drug
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> ![David Nutt, former government drugs adviser.](http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/12/3/1291394352370/David-Nutt-former-governm-007.jpg) David Nutt, former government drugs adviser. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi for the Guardian

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