Keywords: Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse (physical harm and dependence, NA free means).svg A rational scale to assess the harm of drugs Data source is the March 24 2007 article Nutt David Leslie A King William Saulsbury Colin Blakemore Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse The Lancet 2007; 369 1047-1053 PMID 17382831; doi 10 1016/S0140-6736 07 60464-4 The data in the paper were obtained solely from questionnaire results obtained from two groups of people the first comprised of people from the UK national group of consultant psychiatrists who were on the Royal College of Psychiatrists ™ register as specialists in addiction while the second comprised of people with experience in one of the many areas of addiction ranging from chemistry pharmacology and forensic science through psychiatry and other medical specialties including epidemiology as well as the legal and police services; the experts are not named and were chosen by the authors This is a tertiary source see Wikipedia policy on primary secondary tertiary sources as it summarizes experts' opinions on the matter which are secondary sources without any direct references to primary sources The data were first reported in appendix 14 of Drug classification making a hash of it http //news bbc co uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/31_07_06_drugsreport pdf Based on http //download thelancet com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673607604644 pdf Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse w de Benutzer Dosenfant 2014-04-02 AttribSVG Rational scale to assess the harm of drugs mean physical harm and mean dependence svg Apartmento2 SVG health Data prettytable sortable Drug Mean Physical harm + Mean Dependence Mean Physical harm<ref>NA is dropped/ignored in this mean-calculation</ref> Median Physical harm<ref>NA is dropped/ignored in the median-calculation</ref> Mean<sup>NA 0</sup> Physical harm<ref>NA is treated as zero in this mean-calculation</ref> Acute harm Chronic harm Intravenous harm Mean Dependence Pleasure Psychological Physical Mean Social harm Intoxication Social harm Health-care costs - Heroin 5 78 2 78 2 8 2 78 2 8 2 5 3 0 3 00 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 54 1 6 3 0 3 0 - Cocaine 4 72 2 33 2 0 2 33 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 39 3 0 2 8 1 3 2 17 1 8 2 5 2 3 - Barbiturates 4 24 2 23 2 3 2 23 2 3 1 9 2 5 2 01 2 0 2 2 1 8 2 00 2 4 1 9 1 7 - Tobacco 4 11 1 9 1 9 1 24 0 9 2 9 NA 2 21 2 3 2 6 1 8 1 42 0 8 1 1 2 4 - Alcohol 4 08 2 15 2 15 1 40 1 9 2 4 NA 1 93 2 3 1 9 1 6 2 21 2 2 2 4 2 1 - Street methadone 3 94 1 86 1 7 1 86 2 5 1 7 1 4 2 08 1 8 2 3 2 3 1 87 1 6 1 9 2 0 - Ketamine 3 54 2 00 2 1 2 00 2 1 1 7 2 1 1 54 1 9 1 7 1 0 1 69 2 0 1 5 1 5 - Amphetamine 3 48 1 81 1 8 1 81 1 3 1 8 2 4 1 67 2 0 1 9 1 1 1 50 1 4 1 5 1 6 - Benzodiazepines 3 46 1 63 1 7 1 63 1 5 1 7 1 8 1 83 1 7 2 1 1 8 1 65 2 0 1 5 1 5 - 4-MTA 3 45 2 15 2 15 1 44 2 2 2 1 NA 1 30 1 0 1 7 0 8 1 06 1 2 1 0 1 0 - Buprenorphine 3 24 1 60 1 3 1 60 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 64 2 0 1 5 1 5 1 49 1 6 1 5 1 4 - Cannabis 3 01 1 5 1 5 0 99 0 9 2 1 NA 1 51 1 9 1 7 0 8 1 50 1 7 1 3 1 5 - Solvents 2 91 1 9 1 9 1 28 2 1 1 7 NA 1 01 1 7 1 2 0 1 1 52 1 9 1 5 1 2 - Ecstasy 2 73 1 6 1 6 1 05 1 6 1 6 NA 1 13 1 5 1 2 0 7 1 09 1 2 1 0 1 1 - Methylphenidate 2 57 1 32 1 3 1 32 1 2 1 3 1 6 1 25 1 4 1 3 1 0 0 97 1 1 0 8 1 1 - GHB 2 49 1 3 1 3 0 86 1 4 1 2 NA 1 19 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 30 1 4 1 3 1 2 - LSD 2 36 1 13 1 4 1 13 1 7 1 4 0 3 1 23 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 32 1 6 1 3 1 1 - Anabolic steroids 2 33 1 45 1 7 1 45 0 8 2 0 1 7 0 88 1 1 0 8 0 8 1 13 1 3 0 8 1 3 - Khat 1 79 0 75 0 75 0 50 0 3 1 2 NA 1 04 1 6 1 2 0 3 0 85 0 7 1 1 0 8 - Alkyl nitrites 1 77 0 93 0 9 0 93 1 6 0 9 0 3 0 87 1 6 0 7 0 3 0 97 0 8 0 7 1 4 - <references /> http //news bbc co uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/31_07_06_drugsreport pdf Drug classification making a hash of it Appendix 14 http //www thelancet com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607604644/abstract The Lancet 2007; 369 1047-1053 Nutt et al's drug harm chart SVG health Recreational drug use Drug policy reform ImageNote 1 313 25 28 14 380 380 2 Heroin ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 268 71 28 28 380 380 2 Cocaine ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 258 109 28 28 380 380 2 Barbiturates ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 225 89 28 28 380 380 2 Tobacco ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 250 117 28 28 380 380 2 Alcohol ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 216 143 28 28 380 380 2 Amphetamine ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 185 159 28 28 380 380 2 Cannabis ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 110 206 28 28 380 380 2 Khat ImageNoteEnd 8 |