My recent fascination with better living thru chemistry led me to an assessment of ‘true’ drug dangers in relative terms.  The results should shock the puritanical prohibitionist in all of us.

When it comes to danger, cigarettes and alcohol beat ecstasy, LSD and cannabis, according to a league table of the harm they cause.

The UK Science and Technology Select Committee, which advises the government, commissioned an assessment of 20 legal and illegal stimulants to examine the actual social and physical harm they cause based on scientific evidence.

Read the insightful details here.  Via New Scientist