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Research recently published in the medical journal The Lancet rates the most dangerous drugs (starting with the worst) as follows:
That list might be from a creditable outfit,but its only stats,no way could they come up with a clear, concise list of the worst drugs,In who's opinion would it be based on?
I(unfortunately) Have Done 10 of 20 on that list in my past.Not bragging,Just stating my sources.
Would my list be like theirs,NOPE
Does this make mine wrong,NOPE
As Firm stated"ME,TOO I THOUGHT TOBACCO WAS NUMBER 1"
Are we being propagandized by another "reputable,scientific"outfit,does this fit an agenda?
I can't answer that,I just don't feel the numbers are what the REAL world live in,just their world.
Yes, I am ranting,hungry,angry,lonely, tired.
But I do like this topic!
More later,
Ken
It is not about bragging,it is your experience and you are stating facts of your life.
I agree this list has the possibility of being "propagandized" as you put it.
I have met heroin addicts who had used for 30 years or so and were fighting to get a life.
I have met one who had gotten AIDs while usin.Many others who had been out on the streets and from what I gathered(which was in 2000),Heroin was the worst drug in their community and the hardest to get rid off.
From my experience in my community,tobacco,heroin,cannabis,solvents and mixture of painkillers etc seems to be the most common.
I have heard of ecstasy and alcohol being used by few,but these seem to be rare compared to the others.
The study is flawed, plain and simple. Common sense and simple observation when reading the daily newspaper are enough to prove that. The study was based on so-called "expert" opinions, not scientific facts. The list even seems to contradict an excerpt from the story.
Tobacco causes 40 percent of all hospital illnesses, while alcohol is blamed for more than half of all visits to hospital emergency rooms. The substances also harm society in other ways, damaging families and occupying police services.
If alcohol alone is blamed for more than half of all visits to emergency rooms, it is the most dangerous substance! It is legal. It is everywhere. People crash their cars, injuring or killing people every day because of their alcohol use. Tobacco is also legal, widely used, and is directly connected to certain cancers, birth defects, and heart disease. Alcohol and tobacco are also the 2 most "popular" gateway drugs. I learned how to smoke pot because smoking was easy. Other drugs were taken while drunk.
Why don't we see groups like Mothers Against Ketomine Driving? Or police setting up Ecstasy driving checkpoints? BECAUSE ALCOLHOL AND TOBACCO ARE THE 2 BIGGEST DRUG THREATS TO OUR SOCIETY.
No one has considered the implications drug buying has on organised crime. By giving drug dealers money you are also giving arms dealers and human traffickers money. Heroin purchase supports corrupt governments in places like Afghanistan. I think there is more danger to drugs than just to the user and immediate people.
The stuff was based on scientific fact, maybe they weighted the importance of each figure differently to how you would have wanted but there was still facts involved.
Also another point that has been missed is yes there are more deaths due to alcohol and smoking but there are also more users. I bet if you factor in population of users vs deaths then you will see why Heroin is more dangerous. Imagine if everyone who drank took heroin or cocaine instead. Our countries would be in an even worse state than they are already.
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Why don't we see groups like Mothers Against Ketomine Driving?
Do you know what Ketamine is? Not having a go but imagining someone on Ketamine driving made me laugh! Where I am there are police campaigns against any kind of intoxicated driving.
Also another point that has been missed is yes there are more deaths due to alcohol and smoking but there are also more users. I bet if you factor in population of users vs deaths then you will see why Heroin is more dangerous. Imagine if everyone who drank took heroin or cocaine instead. Our countries would be in an even worse state than they are already.
I agree with this,because alcohol is not that easily available in my community,but Heroin pushers are around every other corner.
Hence more abuse heroin and cannabis than any other drug.
Tobaccco is also common,but as it is not as profitable as heroin, and due to this there are less people pushing that.
i tried to overdose on heroin once. i was rushed to the emergency room just in time they said when i woke up. i was so depressed. family friends boyfriend ex boyfriend now though. i was stupid for doin that though i know now. but now im always cutting myself. im like "killing myself slowly".
i tried to overdose on heroin once. i was rushed to the emergency room just in time they said when i woke up. i was so depressed. family friends boyfriend ex boyfriend now though. i was stupid for doin that though i know now. but now im always cutting myself. im like "killing myself slowly".
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I don't think that listing is accurate. The dosages used affects the safety of the product. Anabolic steroids are way too low on the list, it should be higher up.
I may be wrong, but I believe that study based their ranking on the incremental dose required to go from "usage' to death of the user, and not to the impact of the particular drug on society. From my observation, I would conclude that meth is the worst of the lot, because it is relatively cheap, and will turn your brain to mush long before you run out of money to buy more. With cocaine, most people experience financial ruin before it kills them. Reefer Madness is a no brainer (even though it does not agree with my system) - legalize it, and quit wasting the resources of law enforcement. I have yet to hear of anyone beating their spouse/GF to death after smoking a joint.
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