DRINK? The new science of alcohol + your health

Professor David Nutt, a neuropsychopharmacologist who has previously advised the government in the UK has written an important review of the physical and psychological effects of drinking alcohol. Looking at the UK’s response to alcohol through policy and perceived norms of society, from denying its classification as a drug to allowing alcohol companies to make up a big percentage of alcohol advisory boards and the burden on our national services from the NHS to policing.

NOTE: Professor David Nutt specialises in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions like addiction and anxiety. He is the chairman of a non profit called Drug Science that provides independent evidence based research on drugs.