Cannabis ‘Is 114 Times Safer Than Alcohol’, Can You Believe That?

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Cannabis could actually be the safest drug available safer even than booze. A study has found that weed is actually 114 times less deadly than alcohol, according to the journal, Scientific Reports, metro.co.uk reports.

The reports‘ authors studied the effects of alcohol, heroin, cocaine, tobacco, ecstasy, crystal meth and cannabis. When consumed without any other drug to influence the body, alcohol was actually the likeliest to kill users in doses typically consumed by users, then heroin, then coke.
Marijuana was the least deadly. It is very, very difficult to kill yourself using dope.

In conclusion the ‘results point to strict legal regulatory approach rather than the current prohibition approach.’ However, before you set about lighting up another dooby, the report only looks at the levels of fatality – not the psychological effects.
The authors ‘suggest a risk management prioritization towards alcohol and tobacco rather than illicit drugs.