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Research recently published in the medical journal The Lancet rates the most dangerous drugs (starting with the worst) as follows:
Number 1, 2, 5, 9, 14, & 18....wow, Those are the only ones I know about...or have heard of......and I think # 8 is what they make Meth out of....
Surprisd to see tobacco as #9....
Research recently published in the medical journal The Lancet rates the most dangerous drugs (starting with the worst) as follows:
Hello firm:
Hmmm, I woulda thought this journal would have its act together, but apparently NOT.
I have no idea how they classify dangerous drugs, but I classify them according to how many people they kill each year. According to MY calculations, tobacco would be the worst with around 350,000 deaths a year in this country alone - followed by alcohol which kills another 150,000 or so every year.
The above drugs kill 100 times as many people as do all the illegal drugs put together. Marijuana (cannabis) NEVER killed anybody.
But, what do I know? The Lancet is a respected medical journal and I'm an exconvict.
Ok, I just wrote a big ole spill on this whole thing, got way off subject and then deleted it. I agree with excon...and just for the record, just cause you are an excon doesn't mean a damn thing...I mean honestly they didn't take your brain out while you were there....that is obvious with previous answers!! And I have come to appreciate a lot of your thoughts and advice!....
That being said....I will say that I know what canabis is...just never put two and two together. I say legalize pot and screw the alcohol....I can live without both...but if someone is gonna do a lot of either, it outta be POT!! I don't smoke it anymore...but I know many who do....I really would much rather see them smoke, than drink alcohol....
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on another note....the other drugs...well, this world would be a whole lot nicer without them all as far as I am concerned. I honestly think they are not is the right order for the most dangerous. The really need to rethink it!
The above drugs kill 100 times as many people as do all the illegal drugs put together. Marijuana (cannabis) NEVER killed anybody.
excon, I do read you defending it alot.I don't know a whole lot about this drug/herb. Other than My brother-in-law's made a living growing it, They fertilized it with bat poopie. Now they found God and stopped growing it. I smoked some while in High school, it was plentiful where I was raised a lot of mj farmers around. The stuff never rocked my world so I figured why bother.
I've been told if you smoke mj you can't get a organ transplant if you need it, the doc's say with a weak immune system there is a fungus that grows on your lungs from smoking mj and that it will take over your lungs and kill you. Also we were told in H.S. that it destroys brain cells. If this is true then it is harmful, also if it wasn't then why the laws against it. Not that all laws make sense or are neccessary( in my opinion). I reallly can't see how it could be much better for you than tobacco (also in my opinion should be illegal).
I also notice my kids coming home from school...putting pot in the same catergory as crack...that really gets on my nerves. If tabacco was illegal, I wouldn't smoke, if alcohol was illeagal, I wouldn't drink...for the most part...(living in Alaska) it was legal when I smoked so, I guess i wasn't breaking the law. I am not going to say that anyone of these drugs are good for you, on the other hand some are far worse than others.....some may even go to say that doing one leads to another, so yes they are not good.
Of course also there is the crime statistics to consider as well.
I know a lot of crack addicts and pill heads that will steal their grandmothers medicine and not give a single thought that she needs her medicine or could die. I don't see weed smokers shooting anybody or breaking in houses to steal to support their weed habit for the most part.
As far as pot vs beer. I know a lot of people that ask "Don't you think it better they smoke pot than drink beer?" Trying to justify their weed BUT I reply "How can you ask isn't it better they smoke weed when they DO both anyway?"
But what do I know I never did any drugs BUT I do live in the middle of it~ ALL around me!
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.
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