Ranking dos estragos das drogas no Reino Unido / The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/drugs_cause_most_harm Graphic detail Charts, maps and infographics Previous Next Latest Graphic detail Latest from all our blogs Drugs that cause most harm Scoring drugs Nov 2nd 2010, 12:30 by The Economist online A new study suggests alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack MOST people would agree that some drugs are worse than others: heroin is probably considered to be more dangerous than marijuana, for instance. Because governments formulate criminal and social policies based upon classifications of harm, a new study published by the Lancet on November 1st makes interesting reading. Researchers led by Professor David Nutt, a former chief drugs adviser to the British government, asked drug-harm experts to rank 20 drugs (legal and illegal) on 16 measures of harm to the user and to wider society, such as damage to health, drug dependency, economic costs and crime. Alcohol ...