A study says, result in a poorer alcohol worse than the other two types of harmful substances, like heroin and cocaine. As published in the journal the Lancet, an expert on drugs in the UK who are members of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) has introduced a new method for measuring the adverse effects of drugs, both to individuals and society.
In his research report, Professor David Nutt of Imperial College London analyzed the alcohol worth mentioning as the most damaging substances in the world after taking into account the impact of individual and social tarhadap. After alcohol, other substances are the most destructive heroin and cocaine. The ecstasy was ranked eighth.
Professor Nutt wrote the study report along with other experts, like Dr. Leslie King, an adviser to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), and Dr Lawrence Phillips of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
In the new method, Professor Nutt uses a method called multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA). The method was created nine criteria for harm to the individual, as well as the seven categories of adverse effects for society.
Categories of harm to the individual such as death, poor health care quality, impaired mental function, loss of friendship, and injury. The negative effect on social categories such as crime, environmental kerusaka, family conflict, and a decrease in community involvement.
Heroin, cocaine, crystal meth and was recorded as the most harmful substances for the individual, whereas alcohol, heroin, and cocaine are the substances most harmful to the social.
However, having taken into account its impact on individuals and society as a whole, alcohol is recorded three times more dangerous than cocaine or tobacco.
World Health Organization, WHO, estimates that the risks associated with alcohol use causes 2.5 million deaths each year from liver heart disease, traffic accidents, suicide, and cancer. This figure accounts for 3.8 percent of total deaths and was ranked third trigger risk of premature death and disability in the world.