Monday, August 21, 2006

E & Dope: Not as bad as ciggies & alcohol 


The UK Science and Technology Select Committee has assessed the actual social and physical harm they cause, of 20 legal and illegal stimulants (based on scientific evidence).

The 5 that cause the most harm are: heroin, cocaine, barbiturates, street methadone & alcohol. Tobacco comes in at 7, cannibis at 8, and Ecstasy comes last.

One could argue all day about what categories (primarily used to determine legal punishment of users & traffickers) should be used for each, and why..... But the most obvious is surely that Ecstasy should be downgraded from A to C, at the very least. Especially when you account for the large number of users out there.

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