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Signs of hope for a saner drug policy. Not in the United States of course.

Ecstasy 'no more dangerous than horse riding' - Telegraph

Writing in an academic journal, Professor David Nutt said taking ecstasy was no worse than the risks of 'equasy', a term he invented to describe people's addiction to horse-riding.

Why does this guy have to be named Prof Nutt? He is chairman of the Home Office's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and an academic at Bristol University and Imperial College, London writing for this statement for a peer reviewed journal. The guy has got the creds. But that name! Can people really get over a name like Prof Nut?

Hopefully they can because he's got something important to say.

In the article, titled "Equasy: An overlooked addiction with implications for the current debate on drug harms", Prof Nutt wrote that "equasy", short for "Equine Addiction Syndrome", had caused 10 deaths and more than 100 road traffic accidents a year.

Through hunting, it also led to "gatherings of users that often are associated with these groups engaging in violent conduct.

"Dependence, as defined by the need to continue to use, has been accepted by the courts in divorce settlements," he wrote. "Based on these harms, it seems likely that the ACMD would recommend control under the MDAct perhaps as a class A drug given it appears more harmful than ecstasy."

I would add that ecstasy has never demanded constant attention, grooming, vet bills, feed, and exercise even when not in use. Ecstasy has never kicked me, trampled my foot, or tried to knock me off by rushing the nearest low hanging limb, nor have I ever had to clean up its shit. It does not require a trailer but like a horse, may come with its own.

Britain's struggling glow stick industry may see brighter days ahead.

* Naked girls on either are fine by me.