A recent study done by the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs shows that alcohol is in fact more dangerous then most drugs, and that tobacco or smoking was also one of the highly dangerous substances. However I completely disagree with this study and its conclusions that it draws. Firstly it is impossible to ever possibly compare alcohol with drugs. The reason being that alcohol is so widely spread due to its legal status that it is far more used and therefore its effects are far more evident. However, drugs is illegal and therefore its use is far less obvious and evident. The second problem, is the situation in which each is used. Alcohol can be used in a normal family gathering, or in a party in small amounts where everyone uses it as a mode of relaxing. However drugs is hardly ever used in that manner and most of the time it is used by people who are either at a very low point in their life or a very high point. In that sense drugs are far more dangerous then alcohol.
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I agree that such a general comment cannot be made. It's laughable that alcohol could be more harmful than heroin or other hard drugs which ruin people's lives. Also, the report doesn't seem to take into account the degree of drinking or drug use. I think it depends more specifically on the drug, the amount of use and the situation.
I agree with you that it is not really possible for us to compare alcohol with drugs. However, I do believe that it can be just as dangerous and some drugs. The only reason alcohol is more widely used is because it is legal, as you've said.
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