A senior criminology Professor at the UK's ACMD (Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs) has resigned due to concerns that the Home Office is skewing the recruitment of appointments to this organisation to favour prohibitionists (he is not even a "soft touch" type of person and oversaw many new psychoactive substances being made illegal).

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/06/expert-quits-home-office-drug-panel-over-political-vetting