makes sense to me!

The British Government's chief drug adviser has sparked controversy by claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol.

Professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, attacked the decision to make cannabis a class B drug.

He accused former home secretary Jacqui Smith, who reclassified the drug, of "distorting and devaluing" scientific research.

Prof Nutt said smoking cannabis created only a "relatively small risk" of psychotic illness. And he claimed advocates of moving ecstasy into class B from class A had "won the intellectual argument".

All drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, should be ranked by a "harm" index, he said, with alcohol coming fifth behind cocaine, heroin, barbiturates, and methadone.

Tobacco should rank ninth, ahead of cannabis, LSD and ecstasy.

Prof Nutt said: "No one is suggesting that drugs are not harmful. The critical question is one of scale and degree. We need a full and open discussion of the evidence and a mature debate about what the drug laws are for - and whether they are doing their job."

In a lecture and briefing paper for the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College, London, Prof Nutt attacked what he called the "artificial" separation of alcohol and tobacco from other, illegal, drugs.

He also repeated his claim that the risks of taking ecstasy are no worse than riding a horse.

A Home Office spokesman said: "Prof Nutt's views are his own and do not reflect the views of Government. The Government is clear - we are determined to crack down on all illegal substances and minimise their harm to health and society as a whole.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/drugs-chief-alcohol-more-dangerous-than-ecstasy-lsd-and-cannabis-14544981.html

Ecstasy and Pot have been argued as "harmless" for years. I personally don't think so, but hey, that is my call.

LSD?!? I don't think ANYONE ever said LSD was harmless.

LSD is capable of doing great harm and great good IMO. Tripped about thirty times back in the 70s, but wouldn't do it again without some serious soul-searching. OTOH all of my trips were a helluva lotta fun, intensely tuning into colors, music, sex. Good times. One reason for hesitation is that LSD dosages are measured in micrograms rather than milligrams, and it is easy for the manufacturer to put an excessive amount of acid in a hit, and too much acid can be too intense.

My best guess is that was Syd Barrett, and correlation may be present, but what evidence is there of causation?

AHhhhhh fuck you people are light-weights...!

I've dropped vitamin A more than a hundred times,Not so much recently..Never done Extasty[or however the fuck you spell it]..I drink and smoke Bud daily..

Hey its not for everybody ,,but for some of us its what makes the world go round..

Nothing wrong with booze,,If you got a good liver,,drink to your hearts content..

Cigarettes will fucking kill you though..

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LSD?!? I don't think ANYONE ever said LSD was harmless.

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The British Government's chief drug adviser apparently did.

I'd do acid again in a heart beat. I'd just drink water instead of beer, to avoid a 2 day hangover. Ecstasy, I have never done, but I have some in my small drug collection. I've thought of splitting one with my nosy girl, but since she never tripped on anything before, I get nervous she'll bug out, and I'll have to deal with it.

I think I might eat some shrooms for Halloween. Halloween is the best day to trip.