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The drug classification system in the UK is not "fit for purpose" and should be scrapped, scientists have said.
They have drawn up an alternative system which they argue more accurately reflects the harm that drugs do.

The new ranking system places alcohol and tobacco in the upper half of the league table, ahead of cannabis and several Class A drugs such as ecstasy.


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He highlighted the fact that one person a week in the UK dies from alcohol poisoning, while less than 10 deaths a year are linked to ecstasy use

BBC link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6474053.stm

This sounds like a better system. Maybe it would mean less people in jail for stupid crimes like smoking a spliff, so they have more space for locking up the murderers and rapists. But the home office said they have no intention of reviewing the clasification system.