Drug mortality risk chart… true comparisons on drugs and harm
Perhaps the most important conclusion which can be drawn from the present analysis is that most kinds of illicit drug use are nowhere near as lethal as would be assumed from reading mass media reports or heeding government warnings, and that two of our three legal psychoactive drugs, alcohol and tobacco, are far more likely to kill you than most prohibited drugs.
…this initial overview of… Drug Mortality Risk Chart has improved your knowledge and challenged some of your beliefs about the relative mortality risks of drug use, leisure activities and other life events. Inevitably, an analysis of this depth and size will have weaknesses and limitations, but my 40 years of research experience in the drugs field make me confident that the chart presents a fairly reliable picture of the relative mortality risks of different kinds of drug use and leisure activity.
Original Article (Volteface & Risk of Death from Drug Use & Other Activities):
Is smoking cannabis safer than breathing air & Drug mortality risk chart
Artwork Fair Use: Kenneth C. Zirkel
