Cannabis is many times less dangerous than alcohol, claims study

‘Cannabis is many times less deadly than alcohol, a study has found.

Scientists compared a wide range of drugs using calculations based on known lethal doses of the substances and the amount a typical person used.

They found that for individual exposure, alcohol, nicotine, cocaine and heroin all fell into a category of lethality classified as ”high risk”.

Other drugs including amphetamine, methadone and MDMA (ecstasy) fell into the ”risk” category, but active cannabis ingredient THC was not considered even this harmful.’

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