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‘MOST HARMFUL’ SUBSTANCES
Tuesday, 24 Jul, 2007 – 12:57 | No Comment
‘MOST HARMFUL’ SUBSTANCES

1. Heroin
2. Cocaine
3. Barbiturates
4. Street methadone
5. Alcohol
Source: Science select committee

All-night drinking law fuelling rise in street violence and disorder
Friday, 20 Jul, 2007 – 17:03 | No Comment
All-night drinking law fuelling rise in street violence and disorder

More than one million people were attacked by drunken thugs last year as the first official analysis of round-the-clock drinking revealed increasing public disorder in the early hours.
Alcohol-fuelled violence rose in the first full year …

Expert panel classifies alcohol as more harmful than ecstasy
Wednesday, 28 Mar, 2007 – 15:48 | No Comment
Expert panel classifies alcohol as more harmful than ecstasy

A new drug classification system that relates more closely to harm, has been proposed in the latest issue of The Lancet. The article follows hot on the heels of the RSA Drugs Commission recommendations on …