DrugScience

DrugScience, the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, was founded by Dr. David Nutt of the Psychedelic Research Group of Imperial College London. Dr. Nutt started the organization after he was removed from his position as Chair of the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. Their website says, “DrugScience is the only completely independent, science-led drugs charity, uniquely bringing together leading drugs experts from a wide range of specialisms to carry out groundbreaking original research into drug harms and effects.” Dr. Nutt says Drug Science has big plans: “…to provide free evidence-based drugs education for schools; to set up a confidential email-based drugs advice service; to create and host daily media watch, fact-checking drugs-related news stories and calling out those that misrepresent the evidence.”