iPlayer Radio What's New?
Speaker icon LISTEN
Show more Show less
ON NOW : Loose Ends
Emma Freud, Tricky, Richard Bacon, Maria Friedman, Stephen Woolley, Nikki Bedi, Blue Rose Code

Loose Ends Emma Freud is joined by Tricky, Richard Bacon, Maria Friedman and Stephen Woolley for chat

The Report

Image for Cannabis Reclassification Row

Listen now 30 mins

Listen in pop-out player

Cannabis Reclassification Row

Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Thursday 19 November 2009

The sacking of the government's former chief drugs adviser caused outrage in some quarters of the scientific community. Professor David Nutt had criticised the government's decision to reclassify cannabis from class C to class B. James Silver investigates the causes of the row and asks if the government's cannabis classification policy is in disarray.

  • Sacked adviser urges drugs probe

    Sacked adviser urges drugs probe

    Professor David Nutt tells the Report he would like to see a Royal Commission investigate whether cannabis should be decriminalised.

    Read more on the BBC news website

Broadcasts

The Best of The Report

The Best of The Report

Explore the best investigations from The Report team

Free download

  1. Image for The Report

    The Report

    Uncovering the real stories behind the news. Simon Cox and fellow reporters delve beneath the...

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.