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Prof Nutt made and published a universal harm scale which accounts for multi dimensional harm of drugs, and potentially allows comparisons to be made between th
by neuroma 6y ago
Prof Nutt made and published a universal harm scale which accounts for multi dimensional harm of drugs, and potentially allows comparisons to be made between them https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109763/#B29 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109763/#B29. This work got him sacked from his lead advisory role to the UK govt, as it undermined the policy and caused embarrassment. Nutt still works in Imperial College researching psychedelics as novel therapeutics.
The money shot is this https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Overall-weighted-scores-for-each-of-the-drugs-The-coloured-bars-indicate-the-part-scores_fig1_47635105 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Overall-weighted-scores-...
A recent article which contextualises the work is here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109763/
- ethanbond 6y agoWow this is awesome. I’ve pondered the need for exactly this sort of thing for a while as the obvious desired basis for drug policy. Shouldn’t be surprised the Nutt has done it! Obviously it’s lossy to reduce something with this much complexity down to a single dimension but it’s still a helpful tool nonetheless.