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27 March, 2007

Alcohol. Tobacco. LSD. Cannabis. Ecstasy

Here’s an exercise: list the five substances named in the headline in the order of harmfulness as you perceive it.

Then see how, according to the Lancet, they actually rank.

Does it surprise you to know that the three that are the least harmful in this list are the ones that are banned in India?

Posted by Amit Varma in India

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