Documentary Description
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?
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