I don’t know much about Prof. Nutt’s tactics, but it does seem clear to me that many drug laws here in America are sumptuary, which is to say they are based entirely on some old white lawmakers’ idea of good Christian morality and have nothing whatsoever to do with harm reduction. The war on drugs is unbelievably more destructive of human life and wasteful of public spending than legalization would be. Many American states are starting to come around to this realization at least with cannabis, which is far less addictive and hazardous to health than tobacco and alcohol, and for than matter, caffeine and sugar. Every substance should be treated separately, since they are so very unique in their effects and potential for addiction. Psychedelics pose a very low risk for addiction and like cannabis obviously do have health applications (both psychological and physical), applications which have been known by every human society for thousands of years up until modern industrial society decided they posed a danger to its way of life.