Hello, Jasbird! You wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:24:43 GMT:
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J> 31/07/2006 12:25
J> Written by: John Harrington
J> Trade leaders have rubbished a new report that ranks alcohol J> and tobacco as more harmful than LSD, ecstasy and cannabis.
J> MPs argued for alcohol and tobacco to be placed in a J> "scientific scale" to "give the public a better sense of the J> relative harms involved".
J> The report, from the Science and Technology Committee, ranks J> alcohol as fifth in the league table of harmful drugs, and J> tobacco ninth.
J> Professor David Nutt, who advises the Government on drug J> classification, said alcohol should be a borderline Class A J> drug and tobacco should be borderline Class B.
The Professor's name is very appropriate!
Forgive my response to a once cross-posted thread.
James Silverton Potomac, Maryland
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