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Drug adviser quits over David Nutt cannabis row
A member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has resigned in protest at the government's treatment of its head, who was forced to step down last week after saying that cannabis was less harmful than alcohol or nicotine.
Professor David Nutt's comments last week led the home secretary, Alan Johnson, to call on him to resign. Today, Dr Les King told the BBC that he had decided to step down because he felt Johnson had denied Nutt's "freedom of expression".