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February 5, 2008 at 7:20 pm

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Raj

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Recent research has analysed the link between the harmful effects of drugs relative to their current classification by law with some startling conclusions. Perhaps most startling of all is that alcohol, solvents and tobacco (all unclassified drugs) are rated more dangerous than ecstasy, 4-MTA and LSD (all class A drugs). If the current ABC system is retained, alcohol would be rated a class A drug and tobacco class B.

The scientists involved, including members of the government’s top advisory committee on drug classification, have produced a rigorous assessment of the social and individual harm caused by 20 of the UK’s most dangerous drugs and believe this should form the basis of future ranking. They think the current ABC system is arbitrary and not based on any scientific evidence.

The drug policies have remained unchanged over the last 40 years so should they be reformed in the light of new research?

“Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy?”

A program about the research that led to the goverment’s supposed reassesment of the drugs classification.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/drugs/
February 5, 2008 at 7:27 pm

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GiantMidget

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Nice one, ill be watching this tonight. I hope they do a fair study and not one sided. Maybe their finally coming round to what we’ve all known for years!:love:
February 5, 2008 at 7:30 pm

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Gonna watch this i think!

Cheers for the heads up Raj :bounce_fl
February 5, 2008 at 7:38 pm

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MisterDuck

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i’m gona check this out

GL, what about the ofcom situation you mentioned?

after watchin panorama about cocaince trade i can imagine this bein bias as fuck against drugs
February 5, 2008 at 8:19 pm

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Djredrum

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Don t have TV so comments welcome 🙂
February 5, 2008 at 8:23 pm

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Raj

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It should be available to view online after broadcast for a week at least – want me to find you a link if they say it will be? 😉
February 5, 2008 at 8:44 pm

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i shall be watching that too..in the meantime im stuck with masterchef 😛
February 5, 2008 at 9:18 pm

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LMAO i just saw the girl on acid hugging the orange…………..”oh yeh its jsut like ………..oh its just everything………colourful….and orange………”

:laugh_at:

and the army men got given LSD ”the commander eventually surrendered as he could not control his men…and one soldier was climbing a tree to feed the birds”

HAHA
February 5, 2008 at 9:21 pm

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GiantMidget

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This is proving to be a very good program! I like it when at the start the bloke says if alcohol was invented today it would be banned! (That would suck balls tho!):love:
February 5, 2008 at 9:30 pm

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General Lighting

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hyperSkunk wrote:

and the army men got given LSD ”the commander eventually surrendered as he could not control his men…and one soldier was climbing a tree to feed the birds”

HAHA

if its that old video of LSD being tested on UK troops, the state the comms operator got himself into trying to operate the wireless set makes me think a lot of what often happens to partylines these days :laugh_at::laugh_at:
February 5, 2008 at 9:51 pm

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wow………….estacey is a very unharmful drug…………i like the sound of that because when im at partys i just stick to MD and water………….pretty damm healthy then!!
February 5, 2008 at 9:57 pm

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Playground Politics

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i think it was a very fair program,

the simple matter of the fact, is that who cares about classes, its either legal or illegal,

there is no need to have classes, but to have education to the pros and cons of each drug, and let the user decide

now, ive tried to work out what would happen if most drugs were made legal, it would be very interesting
February 5, 2008 at 9:57 pm

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Raj

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I find the re-ordering of the riskiness very promising 🙂

Lets hope they sit up and do something with it raaa
February 5, 2008 at 9:58 pm

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spark_plug

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saaafeee….all the best drugs werent even in the top 10!:bounce_fl
February 5, 2008 at 9:59 pm

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Playground Politics

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i cant fault much wrong with the list they provided

cannibis maybe should have been split into skunk and green tho
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