Here is the headline from this link.
“Home Office considers downgrading ecstasy”
Ecstasy will now be replaced with a stiff upper lip? I thought the Brits were the bad cooks, not the bad lovers. At any rate, this is really an article about rating drugs and the scientific evidence for their harm. This article rates drugs by their overall danger. Here is the list.
1. Heroin
2. Cocaine
3. Barbituates
4. Street methadone
5. Alcohol
6. Ketamine
7. Benzodiazepines (e.g. Vallium)
8. Amphetamines
9. Tobacco
10. Buprenorphine
11. Cannabis
12. Solvents
13. 4-MTA
14. LSD
15. Methylphenidate (Ritalin)
16. Anabolic steroids
17. GHB
18. Ecstasy
19. Alkyl Nitrites (poppers)
20. Khat
However we decide to make some substances legal and others illegal, it does not appear to be based upon scientific evidence. (H/T-Mind Hacks)
Steve
