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Re:Smoking around the world by nkozyra on Thursday August 09, 2018 @11:39PM (#17730527)
Well at minimum we mostly know that alcohol and tobacco are on the higher level on the "harm" spectrum than other illegal drugs.

My takeaway is American drug usage has been shaped by a lot of socio economic factors that do not have human or societal health ramifications. There needs to be a total, science-backed overhaul of drug policy for this reason.

Re:Smoking around the world by dfee on Friday August 10, 2018 @12:44AM (#17730735)
> Well at minimum we mostly know that alcohol and tobacco are on the higher level on the "harm" spectrum than other illegal drugs.

I don’t know who “we” is, but don’t count me in that group.

https://unitedrecoveryproject.com/10-most-dangerous-drugs/

And that’s by frequency.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/from-krokodi...

That’s by potency.

Sure. Don’t get me wrong. Nicotine is bad for you, so is Alcohol, but it doesn’t make you do this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack

Re:Smoking around the world by toomanybeersies on Friday August 10, 2018 @01:15AM (#17730861)
I'm not going to trust an article that says that using ketamine gives you HIV.
Re:Smoking around the world by dfee on Friday August 10, 2018 @02:12AM (#17731089)
You probably shouldn't trust any information thrown at you without critical thinking (including the first three articles that came across my Google search).
Re:Smoking around the world by nkozyra on Friday August 10, 2018 @06:07AM (#17731988)
> I don’t know who “we” is, but don’t count me in that group.

Your article supports my premise.

If you need me to post people doing horrible things while drunk or tobacco related death statistics I'm happy to do so as a counterargument.