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What is Britain's most dangerous drug?
29/10/2009
Ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes, according to the Government's most senior drugs adviser.
Professor David Nutt wants a new 'index of harm' that'll highlight the relative dangers of various substances. He says alcohol should rank fifth, behind cocaine, heroin, barbiturates and methadone, while tobacco should rank ninth, ahead of cannabis, LSD and Ecstasy.
Do you agree with Professor Nutt? Is alcohol more harmful than cannabis, LSD and Ecstasy? Which drug has caused you the most harm? What do you think is Britain's most dangerous drug?
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08:53
How can cannabis be less harmful than tobacco when the tobacco of a filter cig is used in the joint to smoke the cannabis, less the filter? Hugh in glasgow.
08:53
Good morning, and welcome to 5 live Now.
08:54
Why pay for researchers to provide scientific evidence if we choose to veto it based on media trends and taboos? Evidence shows alcohol, heroine, crack a nd tobacco are all much more highly addictive and fatal drugs than either ecstasy mdma or cannabis.
08:54
An alcoholic has a devastating effect on all close family members .Go to any Al anon meeting to see the suffering of family and friends Margaret
08:57
I work as a bed manager in a busy district hospital at least one third ofall admissions are alcohol abuse related another third are due to smoking relat ed illnesses so therefore i do feel that alxohol is a very dangerous drug affecting our society as a whole casualty depts are full of drunks and poli ce trying to control their abusive behaviour or staff caring for their victims and taking up very precious much needed hospital beds and scarce resources
08:57
Can't say my name but i've been a recreational drug user for nearly 17 years, i hold a good job, the only drug that has ever created hassle is alcohol, thats the worst drug. S.
08:58
Most dangerous drug currently, alcohol. Most potential to damge society in the future, cannabis. If you buy a lettuce from the supermarket it will effectively be clean. Cannabis grown in a forced environment, pesticides, fungicides and fertilisers remain in the plant and are then heated and inhaled. Thisis the cause of the future problems, this cocktail is what is causing the steep increase in cannabis induced psychosis that is a massive problem galloping over the horizon toward us. Trev. Cornwall.
08:58
Religion the most dangerous drug
08:59
A persons opinion of britains most dangerous drug can only be based on their own experience. My wife comes from a family of 4. Mum dad little brother and her. At 34 years of age she is the only one left. Mum 1989 Kestrel super strength. Dad 2005 vodka. Brother march this year white star. All legal. It was there MISUSE of booze that killed them. Our USE of illegal drugs however has left us in rare health. We need a total re evaluation of the current laws w ith the focus as it should be on our health and safety. Not on criminalisation and misinformation. Regards. Ali in durham
09:00
Interesting debate lately: sitting over dinner with some friends discussing whether or not to send our children to private school, one of the comments ba ck during the discussion was:- it's just a better class of drugs at private school! Hmmm. Mal of the high peak.
09:00
Alcohol can be fine. I have always liked a drink - a lot when i was in my twenties and a bit over the many years since. I have been drunk once or twice b ut NEVER been violent or destructive. I have never gone out to get drunk. I have never taken drugs, possibly because I don't want to get stoned either. The mindset of youth now, is to get drunk or stoned. That is where the problem is. Furthermore - everyone I know who took cannibis went onto heavier drug s but alcohol will kill you too if you overdo it. . . . steve
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