Tobacco and Alcohol More Harmful than Drugs
Recent British studies have reported that tobacco and alcohol can be worse than some illegal drugs and should be under the same classification. Professor David Nutt (yes really) and his colleagues developed a different ranking system on drug classification that involved effects on society, economy, injuries, emergency room visits, families, etc. Cocaine and heroin showed up on top, alcohol ranked number 5, tobacco 9, marijuana 11 and ecstasy near the bottom.
Although this guy is kind of crazy I do agree with him in not that we should be looser on certain drugs, (sorry Marley fans) but in that tobacco and alcohol should be in the same classifications. The article says how the two are not even included in the Misuse of Drugs Act. With more studies pointing towards marijuana having no link to lung cancer, I think it only fair that tobacco be on the list.
Through TIME
Loading …March 24 2007 09:50 pm | Science
Willy Large on 28 Mar 2007 at 12:31 pm #
hey hey hey hey, smoke weed everyday
Rodrigo on 31 Mar 2007 at 10:46 pm #
Just let people smoke and drink whatever they want, damnit! As long as they don’t hurt others, it’s their right!