neither the study nor the Nutt article they cite define solvents. also, Nutt (2007) seems to distinguish alkyl nitrates (poppers) from inhaled solvents. so i can only assume inhaled solvents refers to mostly petroleum products, and i would have imagined their harm factor would be much higher.
what are your thoughts on the methodology? it's self-reported and purely qualitative, so imho it's not the kind of study that could really shake the foundations of the discourse on drug illegality/classification. on the other hand, it is solid evidence of expert experience and opinion.
read the report bro
Design Structured questionnaire with nine scored categories of harm for 19 different commonly used substances.
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Addiction specialists and psychiatrists working with substance misuse across Scotland were approached to complete the questionnaire, on the basis of their...
and yet, besides the status of cannabis, nothing is going to change
i also wonder how the scoring is affected by the poor quality of illicit (e.g. snorting binding agents, no more rat poison/PMMA/speed in your ecstasy, levamisole in your cocaine)
if the government stopped footing the bill, the sports would probably merge and pool their resources to survive.
i'm talking BMX skeet shooting, synchronised water badminton, so on and so forth
under most definitions (e.g. weberian) a technocrat is a bureaucrat, and a technocratic rule would be a bureaucratic rule
and i'm sorry but the treasurer is not allowed in the war room
lord liverpool was a public servant
the second french republic was run by public servants
hitler was a public servant
stalin was a public servant
pol pot was a public servant
nero was a public servant
dick cheney was a public servant
the public service literally has nothing to do with anything...