The farther a line is from the center, the worse the drug (generally) is.

Edit: People have pointed out numerous times that some displayed stimulants, though ranking fairly low here, have a large potential for accidental overdosage. Don't take it as gospel, everything has risks that can't be easily plotted.

The chart was made using data from this 2007 Lancet study. It's not perfect, as drug reactions vary wildly between people and the "social harm" green line incorporates the opinions of pigs. It's definitely one of the better risk assessment tools out there since it doesn't incorporate ridiculous drug policies. Here is an alternate mapping.

For many drugs, the "experimental" stage of use can rapidly enter dependency. Keep this in mind.

Made in reaction to this post where a comrade outlines family struggles with drug abuse, and how it's irresponsible to glorify drugs and alcohol. Use this chart to determine which drugs to glorify instead.

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      but it may be difficult to do so by smoking it

      Yes, this is about tobacco, it is very hard to get an overdose by smoking.

      Benzos and alcohol combined can also kill you, though on their own I think it is hard to die from the drug.

      People do die from acute alcohol intoxication a lot, although not as much proportionally compared to some of the other drugs on the list (also it's often because of bad alcohol). Alcohol poisoning in general is kind of common though (although not frequently fatal) and I think this might be part of why alcohol is high in terms of harm, more than tobacco for instance.

      I didn't know about benzos, I realized how bad they are when I saw the Jordan Peterson thing.

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