15.4 Comparing the Health Hazards of Commonly Used Drugs

Question 1

what are two of the major concerns when interpreting drug hazard. studies

Answer 1

1. almost always correlational

2. most studies recruit users from addiction treatment clinics

Question 2

what is recruiting patients from drug addiction treatment clinics problematic for accurate findings

Answer 2

1. tend to be the. most severe cases
   - when we recruit from the population at large, we find that many more people can successfully treat addiction without help and live productive lives

Question 3

Which drug is the worst at. the societal. level

Answer 3

tobacco, alcohol have a greater ablative impact than marijuanna, cocaine and heroin

Question 4

which drug is the worst based on global. death rates

Answer 4

tobacco - 5Mill deaths per year
alcohol - 2 mill per year
all the others - 250k per year