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There was a study that was conducted in the UK which looked into the relative amount of harm caused by the various legal and illegal recreational substances. >
by GeekyBear 8y ago
There was a study that was conducted in the UK which looked into the relative amount of harm caused by the various legal and illegal recreational substances.
>It examines nine categories of harm that drugs can do to the individual "from death to damage to mental functioning and loss of relationships" and seven types of harm to others. The maximum possible harm score was 100 and the minimum zero.
Overall, alcohol scored 72 – against 55 for heroin and 54 for crack.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/nov/01/alcohol-more-harmful-than-heroin-crack https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/nov/01/alcohol-more...
Magic mushrooms scored a 5.
- filoeleven 8y agoIt’s perhaps also worth mentioning that he lost his government position due to the conclusions of that study.
- GeekyBear 8y agoWell, no. He lost his job after publicly calling out the government for ignoring the conclusions of the study. >Nutt was sacked last year by the home secretary at the time, Alan Johnson, for challenging ministers' refusal to take the advice of the official Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, which he chaired. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/nov/01/alcohol-more-harmful-than-heroin-crack https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/nov/01/alcohol-more...