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akuma587 said:

For the record, here is a pretty good list of the most dangerous drugs around. The list does not include methamphetamines because meth is still a relatively recent phenomenon and was not as big of a deal when the study was done. Some drugs are subcategorized under these broader categories:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17760130/

Research recently published in the medical journal The Lancet rates the most dangerous drugs (starting with the worst) as follows:

1. Heroin
2. Cocaine
3. Barbiturates
4. Street methadone
5. Alcohol
6. Ketamine
7. Benzodiazepines
8. Amphetamine
9. Tobacco
10. Buprenorphine
11. Cannabis
12. Solvents
13. 4-MTA
14. LSD
15. Methylphenidate
16. Anabolic steroids
17. GHB
18. Ecstasy
19. Alkyl nitrates
20. Khat

 

While I don't want to disagree with the study published in the medical journal I think that the only reason Alcohol and Tobacco are rated so highly is because of how widespread the use of these drugs are ... While the statistic "Tobacco causes 40 percent of all hospital illnesses" may be true, if as many people huffed solvents as smoked Tobacco I'm sure the damage form solvents would be far (FAR) higher than the damage we see from Tobacco.