This should put things in perspective...

(ham.sandwich, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:20, 2 replies)

What are the units on that graph?

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:38, closed)

Have a slightly-better-scaled version:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Drug_danger_and_dependence.png
(tty, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:44, closed)

not the same study
but still relevant.
(cypherspace is not a toaster, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:52, closed)

That makes more sense.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 21:33, closed)

harm as rated by a panel of 30 or so experts in psychology
the full study is here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)60464-4/abstract
(cypherspace is not a toaster, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:47, closed)

That's bollocks
pure heroin is pretty much harmless, if massively addictive. It's only the fact that addicts generally have no idea of purity that leads to fatalities.
( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:50, closed)

It isn't bollocks
If you're talking about the pure substance then most drugs will be harmless if taken in the right dose - look at the sheer number of illegal drugs that have a legitimate use. The study tries to take into account what happens once dealers/users/the public get their hands on the drugs. Hence why heroin is the most dangerous.
(ham.sandwich, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 21:29, closed)

I've never had a problem with it, physically, other than withdrawal if I've been using heavily
i found it pleasant, and harmless really. I never banged it though, only booted.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 20 Sep 2010, 7:25, closed)