Most Dangerous Drug

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jenna jameson

 

LOL

Can we just make this the "Polymer educates us on dangerous drugs" thread? seriously all those posts are really interesting... keep them coming!

 

I voted for marijuana

 

flintstones chewables

they actually tricked me into thinking that cops were qualified to teach the pharmacological effects of drugs, and that "just say no" would actually work. I stopped taking them, and got my curiousity back.

 

Hey man, i love those flintstones chewables

 

I used to eat em all the time as a kid

 

as did I, but now I realize they were part of a brainwashing regimen.

 

Alcohol, no contest.
Seriously

 

I picked narc painkillers because I know of more people who have ODed and died than all the others combined, or accidents, or anything else. Also they are legal to an extent and the pharmx people make a fortune selling them.

 

won't take your life, won't even take a limb ;-|

 

Ice.... Crystal meth man..

 

I would have to say alcohol, because look how many people die every year from alcohol poisioning/drunk driving. My second choice would have to be meth.

 

Why did Stoner Bill put lsd, yet not think its the most dangerous?
Im just confused thats all.

anywho i put meth cos of all the spiritless motorheads here.

 

I argue with those that say "alcohol". Sure, it's dangerous...BUT, it's isn't dangerous unless you drink too much (too much of ANYTHING is bad) or if you get behind the wheel of a car. Getting behind the wheel of any car under the influence of ANYTHING can cause an accident, we just hear about drunk driving because it's extremely common. More people drink than do any drug...and probably all drugs combined...therefore, the statistics are going to be a bit skewed.

 

Statistically alcohol is 1 of the most dangerous drugs just because it's readily available and so many people drink ein excess. Physically heroin is probably the worst drug but isn't nearly as common as alcohol so it doesn't effect as many people. If your talking about which drug is most dangerous to your health, I'd go with heroin. Which drug is most dangerous to the population as a whole? That would be alcohol.

 

Heroin by itself isn't actually all that harmful to your health, however, the inconsistent purities and fluctuating tolerance makes it easy to o.d., that and the diseases that are commonplace with using needles (most herion users have hep c, and are one of the fastest growing segment of our population for AIDS), make it one of the most dangerous street drugs out there. I don't see how pain pills are all that bad, unless you count the APAP that damages your liver when taken in excess, it has the benefit of knowing exactly what and how much you put into your body.
As for THE most dangerous drug, it's obviously Mariwana, corrupter of youth, AKA 'reefers'. One 'hit' and you are a psychopathic sex fiend/murderer who will kill your entire family for another 'toke'. And that's not just me talking, ask mssr. Anslinger.

 

Well, if we're talking about a single use, i guess thats true, but alcohol is really addicted, and if you become an alcoholic, well you're gonna be really fucked up physically in the future. thats why i think it's so dangerous. And the common deception in a lot of peoples mind that is isn't really that bad, just because it's legal, which is clearly not the case

 

I drink, but I don't drink in access...because I don't drink often, it poses very little threat to me. And addiction runs in my family...so...although I understand everyone's point when they say that alcohol is a dangerous drug...I have to argue that it isn't necessarily dangerous unless you carry it to excess.

 

the same could hold true for meth use; I have friends that would do a 20 of meth, and that's it. no jonesing/fiending, or what have you, no parkinsonian-like symptoms.

I have with me, the 8th Edition (2003) of "The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology" (Cooper, Bloom, and Roth); nowhere in here does it even imply that normal infrequent doses of meth cause cell death, but it does say there is measureable neurotransmission in even desensitized dopamine receptors (from frequent use), while under the influence of methamphetamine. (263-265)
it also goes on to say:
(p. 265) " ..a drug can have a direct effect on synthesis, degradation, uptake, or release of a given transmitter that will alter the turnover of the neurotransmitter in question, but will not necessarily lead to an increase or decrease in the activity of the neuronal system that utilizes that substance as a transmitter."


MPTP is an altogether different beast; it oxidizes into the MPP+ free radical, which will kill cells; any drug that gets oxidized into free radicals which don't neutralize, will destroy neurons. methamphetamine doesn't metabolize into free radicals.
MPTP is classified as a "neurotoxin"; just one dose of this is enough to cause cell death at dopamine sites, and consequentially, parkinsonian-like symptoms. thus, MPTP is more dangerous to one's health, by far.

(all of this is discussed in Chapter 9, 'Dopamine')

but hey, if you believe meth is the most dangerous drug on the planet, I won't try to convince you otherwise; I just know for a fact that it isn't, not even close.