Why study says alcohol more dangerous than heroin, cocaine

[Persephone]

Think Prof. David Nut was doing a few lines too many when he was doing his study :neutral:

http://www.healthzone.ca/health/min...cohol-more-dangerous-than-heroin-cocaine?bn=1

The former U.K. drug czar has published a study damning alcohol as a more dangerous drug than heroin or crack cocaine and urged governments to radically readjust their targets in the fight on narcotics.

Prof. David Nutt, head of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, published his comparison in the medical journal, Lancet.

One Canadian expert said the study should prompt a new discussion about the dangers of alcohol abuse and a “more rational” consideration of our overall drug policy.

The checklist produces a score out of 100 – the higher the score, the greater the danger.
Overall, alcohol scored a 72 on Nutt’s measure, well ahead of heroin (55) and crack (54).

In order of personal risk, the worst offenders were heroin, crack and crystal methamphetamine. The worst narcotics in terms of their effect on others were, in order, alcohol, heroin and crack.

“We need to rethink how we deal with drugs in light of these findings,” Nutt told the Guardian.

 

[Pompal 09.]

Next.....

 

[hepmom]

Not hard to believe. We see this everyday. The study concluded that crack, cocaine, and crystal meth were more individually damaging, while alcohol was #1 because it was the most socially damaging.

In simple language, it is a legal, ubiquitous drug. Liver cirrhosis, to hypertension, to domestic abuse, to motor vehicle accidents, to simple assault and battery . . . the list goes on. Alcohol plays a major role in lowering inhibitions leading to socially damaging consequences. More importantly, it is socially acceptable.

thetank

 

[Pompal 09.]

And taxable :neutral:.