Channel 4 will controversially broadcast people taking Class A drugs live on TV as part of a four-part ‘Drugs Live’ series.
The series will see volunteers taking ecstasy in a controlled environment as part of research comparing the effects of illegal drugs and alcohol on the body.
It comes as Channel 4 announces its intention to begin taking “real risks” as a broadcaster in order to create interesting and though-provoking television.
The station’s Chief Creative Officer Jay Hunt said: “The Government’s drugs tsar Professor (David) Nutt was sacked for claiming that LSD and ecstasy were less harmful than alcohol. In an incredibly bold experiment we are going to be putting that to the test live, looking at the impact all of those substances have on the human body in a clinical environment.”
The move is certain to prove divisive among both anti-drug campaigners and advocates of drug reform. And with ecstasy and other drug use often controversially associated with clubbing, we want to know what you think: Is this a viable scientific experiment? Is it sensationalising drug-taking? Are attitudes to certain drugs wrong? Or is the current drug classification system getting it right?
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