%0 Journal Article
%T Illegal Drugs Laws: Clearing a 50-Year-Old Obstacle to Research
%A David Nutt
%J -
%D 2015
%R 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002047
%X For over 50 years, many medical drugs have been effectively banned from research and clinical treatment in the vain hope that this will stop recreational use. The scientific community should now challenge this pointless ban and get governments to improve their regulations so science can flourish
%K Drug research and development
%K Cannabis
%K Drug regulation
%K MDMA
%K Regulations
%K Drug abuse
%K Heroin
%K Medical law
%U https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002047