British Study - Most Dangerous Drugs!!!

[ATrain]

Here is a link to the study that was recently done. What do you guys think?

Alcohol, tobacco among riskiest drugs - Addictions - MSNBC.com

Research recently published in the medical journal The Lancet rates the most dangerous drugs (starting with the worst) as follows:

1. Heroin
2. Cocaine
3. Barbiturates
4. Street methadone
5. Alcohol
6. Ketamine
7. Benzodiazepines
8. Amphetamine
9. Tobacco
10. Buprenorphine
11. Cannabis
12. Solvents
13. 4-MTA
14. LSD
15. Methylphenidate
16. Anabolic steroids
17. GHB
18. Ecstasy
19. Alkyl nitrates
20. Khat

ATrain Reviewed by ATrain on 03-24-2007. British Study - Most Dangerous Drugs!!! Here is a link to the study that was recently done. What do you guys think? Alcohol, tobacco among riskiest drugs - Addictions - MSNBC.com Research recently published in the medical journal The Lancet rates the most dangerous drugs (starting with the worst) as follows: 1. Heroin 2. Cocaine 3. Barbiturates 4. Street methadone Rating: 5

[Skwirl07]

Yea huffing is probably one of the worst things you can. Shit goes straight to the dome and does nothin but kill brain cells and prevent oxygen from reaching the brain which requires over 20% of all oxygen that you intake.

[Matt the Funk]

I'd put PCP,then crack, then solvents, then cannabis and LSD would be last. And khat.

[glaeken]

The study is based on the harm a drug causes to society as well as each drugs individual danagers.

So basically the way they have listed it something low in the list may be more harmful to an individual than something higher up but because its not used as much the overal impact on society is less.

This is actually a pretty good result for Cannabis as its the most widely used "ilegal" drug in the UK but still comes in at 11th. It's the fact both alcohol and tobbacco come in above it that just shows how crazy it is that they are legal but Cannabis is not.

Of course as per normal with this type of study the UK government have quickly come out and said they have no intention of making any changes based on this.

[ATrain]

From the article...

According to existing British and U.S. drug policy, alcohol and tobacco are legal, while cannabis and Ecstasy are both illegal. Previous reports, including a study from a parliamentary committee last year, have questioned the scientific rationale for Britain's drug classification system.

"The current drug system is ill thought-out and arbitrary," said Nutt, referring to the United Kingdom's practice of assigning drugs to three distinct divisions, ostensibly based on the drugs' potential for harm. "The exclusion of alcohol and tobacco from the Misuse of Drugs Act is, from a scientific perspective, arbitrary," write Nutt and his colleagues in The Lancet.

[Inferius]

Yeah, I'd put solvents, x and ghb before cannabis. I find it interesting that alkyl nitrates are second to last...

[conch420]

PCP isnt up there?

its probly cause its rare? is it? im not sure iv only heard a few tales of pcp use, id imagine its pretty uncommon in uk to.

[suhl]

violence occurs in a much high percentage of people who drink alcohol than do pcp. if that is what y ou are referring to. the health effects id imagine would be pretty bad though

[WakingDream]

How did GHB LSD and Ecstacy all get put under pot?

[conch420]

violence occurs in a much high percentage of people who drink alcohol than do pcp. if that is what y ou are referring to. the health effects id imagine would be pretty bad though

yeah but pcp can cause violence in some ppl and it makes them much hareder to arrest.. a guy around hreer had 6 cops and a tazer to take him down and he wanssnt a very big guy:stoned: