A team of leading scientists has spent two years analyzing the effects of twenty widely used drugs. BBC asks what is Britain's most dangerous drug?
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.
Which do you think is Britain's most dangerous drug?
Horizon: Britain's Most Dangerous Drug.
