Horizon
Season 45 Episode 4 - Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy?
A trip through the highs and lows of the UK’s 20 most dangerous drugs. Recent research has analysed the link between the harmful effects of drugs relative to their current classification by law with some startling conclusions. Perhaps most startling of all is that alcohol, solvents and tobacco (all unclassified drugs) are rated more dangerous than ecstasy, 4-MTA and LSD (all class A drugs). If the current ABC system is retained, alcohol would be rated a class A drug and tobacco class B. The scientists involved, including members of the government's top advisory committee on drug classification, have produced a rigorous assessment of the social and individual harm caused by 20 of the UK's most dangerous drugs and believe this should form the basis of future ranking. They think the current ABC system is arbitrary and not based on any scientific evidence. The drug policies have remained unchanged over the last 40 years so should they be reformed in the light of new research?
Episodes in Season 45
How to Kill a Human Being
60 min
Total Isolation
60 min
What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity?
60 min
Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy?
60 min
How to Make Better Decisions
60 min
How to Live to be 101
60 min
Prof. Regan's Supermarket Secrets
60 min
Are we Alone in the Universe?
60 min
How Much is Your Dead Body Worth?
60 min
How Does Your Memory Work?
60 min
The President's Guide to Science
60 min
How Mad Are You? (1 of 2)
60 min
How Mad Are You? (2 of 2)
60 min
Jimmy's GM Food Fight
60 min
Do You Know What Time It Is?
60 min
Allergy Planet
60 min
Where's My Robot?
60 min
