raj wrote:
its probably based on the dangers of it use rather than the drug’s toxicity itself – heroin bought on the street can be pretty dangerous to use especially with dirty needles:hopeless:
from reading the full article I get this impression to an extent; the boffins are trying to gauge harm to others (particularly economic losses, costs of associated crime) as well as the individuals, and to consider the current legislative system where drugs remained illegal.
Its a more reasoned classification than the current system but there are still quite a few anomalies IMO..
