Alcohol more dangerous than LSD

[Nihil]

> The Government's chief drug adviser has sparked controversy by claiming
> ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than both alcohol and cigarettes.
>
> Professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs,
> attacked the decision to make cannabis a class B drug. He accused former home
> secretary Jacqui Smith, who reclassified the drug, of "distorting and devaluing"
> scientific research.

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> All drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, should be ranked by a "harm" index,
> he said, with alcohol coming fifth behind cocaine, heroin, barbiturates, and
> methadone. Tobacco should rank ninth, ahead of cannabis, LSD and ecstasy.


http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-documentid=150506929

I must agree that the hypocrisy of the UK government (and others) is pretty
well illustrated by their attitudes to different drugs.