Posted by pseudoname on August 1, 2006, at 8:25:36
The UK government commissioned a scientific study of data on recreational drugs to find out just how dangerous each really is, considering the “addictive qualities, social harm and physical damage” of each. The study “produced strikingly different results from the Government’s drug classification system”.
• “Drug ‘classes’ have little link to the dangers” by Nigel Morris. London Independent, Aug 1 ’06 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1207620.eceIn ranked order beginning with the most dangerous
# UK recreational users / # UK deaths in 20041. heroin 40,000 users / 744 deaths
2. cocaine 800,000 / 147
3. barbituates ‘not many’ / 14
4. methadone 20,000 / 200
5. alcohol ‘most adults’ / 20,000
6. ketamine ‘unknown’ / NA
7. benzodiazepines 160,000 / 206
8. amphetamines 650,000 / 33
9. tobacco 12,500,000 / 114,000
10. buprenorphine (Subutex, Suboxone) ‘unknown’ / NA
11. cannabis 3,000,000 / 16
12. solvents 37,000 / 53
13. 4-MTA (amphetamine derivative) ‘unknown’ / NA
14. LSD 70,000 / NA
15. methylphenidate (Ritalin, Metadate) ‘unknown’ / NA
16. anabolic steroids 38,000 / NA
17. GHB (‘date-rape’ drug) ‘not many’ / 3
18. ecstasy (MDMA) 800,000 / 33
19. alkyl nitrites (poppers) 550,000 / NA
20. khat 40,000 / ‘not many’This link gives a little more description of each drug and the current UK street price: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1207619.ece
I don't know how they manage to find buprenorphine, a safe, medically-prescribed medication with an unknown number of supposedly recreational users and presumably no deaths, “more dangerous” than unquestionably brain-damaging and lethal SOLVENTS.
Also, is there no crystal meth in the UK?
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