"According to a recent study paid for by Britain’s Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine. The results were published November 1, 2010 in The Lancet medical journal."
In Britain, experts went to work evaluating alcohol, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, and marijuana, ranking them based on how destructive they are to people in general as well as individual users. "Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamines, or crystal meth, were the most deadly to individuals. When considering their wider social effects, alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine were the deadliest. But overall, alcohol outranked all other substances, followed by heroin and crack cocaine. Marijuana, Ecstasy and LSD scored far lower."
“A person abusing alcohol can do damage to almost every organ system of their body over time. This is not true of most other substances of abuse,” said physician Dr. James Golden. “The serious medical consequences of most patients admitted for chemical dependence treatment usually involve those with alcohol dependence. Medical students are just now receiving better education regarding these issues and the treatment of addiction. Hopefully, their patients will have a better understanding of this serious problem through physician-to-patient education and increased awareness as time goes on. This will take time, however.” -Dr. James Golden
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