Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Monday January 07 2019, @04:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the too-much-of-a-good-thing dept.

Turns out, 'magic' mushrooms are responsible for the lowest percentage of emergency ward visits, followed by cannabis in second place, and LSD and cocaine in joint third place.

At the other end of the chart, methamphetamine, synthetic cannabis, and alcohol carried the most risk of a trip to the local emergency ward, leaving MDMA (ecstasy) and amphetamines in the middle of the drug safety table.

The survey took in responses from 115,523 people across more than 50 countries. Nearly 10,000 participants said they had tried magic mushrooms in the past year, with 0.2 percent of those needing a trip to the hospital after their drug-induced trip.

That was the lowest percentage figure in the survey by some distance, but researchers are keen to point out that no drug use is entirely harmless - and there are plenty of other risks associated with drugs that don't necessarily land you in hospital.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-ranked-9-recreational-drugs-from-safest-to-most-dangerous


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @04:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @04:56PM (#783239)

    Shrooms are not a very profitable drug to sell on the street corner. Anybody can grow them with relatively cheap equipment and legally obtainable spores. No complicated chemistry is required.

    Start out by taking small doses and you would have no problems with it.