YAHOO! NEWS UK: Mephedrone should be handed out in nightclubs, the Government's former drugs tsar said.
Professor David Nutt said doling out small amounts of the drug with guidance on its use would be "safer" than banning it.
In an interview with the London Evening Standard, Professor Nutt said criminal gangs would be "rubbing their hands" at the prospect of the drug being outlawed by the Government.
Ministers are expected to receive a report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on Monday.
Les Iversen, Prof Nutt's successor, has hinted they will recommend the drug will be made Class B, along with amphetamines and cannabis.
Prof Nutt, who was sacked as ACMD chairman after saying ecstasy was less harmful than alcohol, proposed regulating mephedrone - known as M-Cat or Miaow Miaow - rather than forcing dealers on to the black market.
He told the newspaper: "I wouldn't be against exploring the possibility of some sort of regulated use for MDMA or mephedrone where people, maybe in clubs, could have access to small amounts, safe amounts under guidance."
He added: "It would probably be safer than what we're doing at present." >>> Press Association | Thursday, March 25, 2010
*If you as a former drug tsar haven’t got the courage and ability to solve this huge problem, then I’m sure Islam is waiting in the wings to solve it for you! What an idiot you are; and a weak idiot at that! – © Mark
