Former government drug advisor Professor David Nutt has said that drug testing legislation is making the development of important drugs that could stop Parkinsons disease from being possible. British drug laws are preventing vital research into how the brain works which means the development of drugs is being stopped.
Parkinsons and depression, the other disease this research could help, are diseases that affect thousands of people in the UK and abroad. Both diseases are believed to start with the loss of certain nerve control in the brain but scientists can't prove or disprove this idea without research.
Professor David Nutt has complained that the UK lead the discovery of over 100 different substances that make up Cannabis and yet the research labs have not been able to use any of them in their research because its just too difficult to get the permission.
This is a huge issue as these are diseases that have a huge affect on people's lives everyday and by hampering the progress of these drugs just because some illegal substances are included in the research, drug companies are unable to improve these people's life experience. 
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