Britain’s Most Dangerous Drug

If tobacco is legal, shouldn’t cannabis be legal too? Is binge-drinking more or less dangerous than popping pills at a party?

A team of leading scientists have spent two years analysing the effects of 20 of Britain's most widely used drugs, and have devised a scientifically rigorous - and controversial - new ranking for them.

The BBC’s Horizon programme has followed their research and looks at the science behind the headlines… How do the brain and body react to each stimulant as it passes into the bloodstream, and what are the long-term effects of drugs relative to their classification? If the current classification should be changed in view of the latest findings, what exactly is Britain's most dangerous drug?

Satisfy your curiosity - watch the BBC Horizon show live in the Dana café. Then have your questions answered directly by scientists involved in the research by participating in our post-screening debate.

Or you can watch the debate webcast live and e-mail your questions through to the speakers via talk@danacentre.org.uk.

Event organised by:
The Science Museum

Speakers

David Nutt, Head of Community Based Medicine and Professor of Psychopharmacology, University of Bristol
Theodora Duka, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex

Facilitator: Hugh Whittall, Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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