Alcohol more dangerous than ecstasy???

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Alcohol is ranked much more harmful than the Class A drug ecstasy in a controversial new classification system proposed by a team of leading scientists. The authors proposes that drugs should be classified by the amount of harm that they do, rather than the sharp A, B, and C divisions in the UK Misuse of Drugs Act. Harmful drugs are currently regulated according to classification systems that purport to relate to the harms and risks of each drug. The new ranking places alcohol and tobacco in the upper half of the league table. These socially accepted drugs were judged more harmful than cannabis, and substantially more dangerous than the Class A drugs LSD, 4-methylthioamphetamine and ecstasy. “Alcohol is not far behind demonised terrors of the street such as heroin and cocaine,” This viewpoint was come up with by measuring against the following three main factors that together determine the harm associated with any drug of potential abuse: the physical harm to the individual user caused by the drug; the tendency of the drug to induce dependence and addiction; the effect of drug use on families, communities, and society. I am unsure yet how I feel about this! I have personal experience with alcoholics and have seen the damage this can do. However is it fair on the social, sensible drinker? What do you guys think?