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Prof. Nutt in the UK did some research on this, if you're interested in an objective analysis of this subject.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/drugs_caus...

I am skeptical of the 16 metrics used to rank harm on a 0 to 100 scale.

His research was sufficiently well regarded, that when the British government sacked him from their advisory panel, all the other scientists resigned in protest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt#Government_position...

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