Gainfully Employed

“David Nutt, recently departed chair of the current Labour government’s drugs council, has long argued strenuously and colourfully for the declassification of narcotics like ecstasy and cannabis. The scientific side of the argument is quite strong though given the taboos and mysteries that surround ordinary drug use, there is always room to doubt the reliability of what we know.”

– Steve Fuller

Might I remind everyone that Steve Fuller is employed in a sociology department, so the “taboos and mysteries that surround ordinary drug use” would seem to fall squarely into his territory. Our ignorance of such matters would seem to be the fault of people like him, who’d rather gibber about how science is nothing more than some Hermetically sealed institution of social elites than do any worthwhile and productive investigation.

To all the good sociologists who might read this blog entry, be sure to detail in the comments any relevant research on the matter you might know about. I suspect that Fuller’s familiarity with this subject is about as erudite as his understanding of biology.

EDIT: Forgot that I know a guy specifically studying drug issues. Paging DuWayne Brayton!