And that laughter/orgasm lasts seconds, whereas the "high" from an "E" (or more than one) lasts for 8 + hours, so they are not comaparable. Unless you claim the abillity to piss yourself laughing, or come, for 8+ hours? (If so, I'm very jelous!!)

The graph " assesses drugs on the harm they do to the individual, to society and whether or not they induce dependence. "

Professor David Nutt from the University of Bristol, Professor Colin Blakemore, Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, and colleagues, identified three main factors that together determine the harm associated with any drug of potential abuse:

1.   the physical harm to the individual user caused by the drug
2.   the tendency of the drug to induce dependence
3.   the effect of drug use on families, communities, and society

Within each of these categories, they recognized three components, leading to a comprehensive 9-category matrix of harm.

Expert panels gave scores, from zero to three, for each category of harm for 20 different drugs. All the scores for each drug were combined to produce an overall estimate of its harm.

The ACMD is required to have at least 20 members, among them representatives of the practices of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry, and chemistry (other than pharmaceutical chemistry); and members who have a wide and relevant experience of social problems connected with the misuse of drugs. Membership currently stands at 38, including the Chair. The current term of office for members began on 1 January 2005. It will expire on 31 December 2007. All members are unpaid, although expenses are reimbursed.

A listing of its members, as of July 2006:

Professor Michael Rawlins (Chairman) - Professor of Pharmacology, University of Newcastle
Dr Dima Abdulrahim - Briefings Manager, National Treatment Agency
Lord Victor Adebowale - Chief Executive, Turning Point
Mr Martin Barnes - Chief Executive, Drugscope
Dr Margaret Birtwistle - Specialist GP, Senior Tutor - Education and Training Unit, St George's Hospital & Forensic Medicine Examiner
Reverend Martin Blakeborough - Director, Kaleidoscope Drugs Project, Kingston upon Thames
Dr Cecilia Bottomley - Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ms Carmel Clancy - Principal Lecturer in Mental Health and Addictions, Middlesex University.
Professor Ilana Crome - Professor of Addiction Psychiatry, Keele University Medical School, Harplands Hospital.
Ms Robyn Doran - Registered Mental Health Nurse & Service Director, Substance Misuse CNWL Mental Health Trust.
Ms Dianne Draper - Public Health Policy Support Officer, Leeds
Mr Robert Eschle - School Teacher and Magistrate
Ms Vivienne Evans - Chief Executive, ADFAM
Professor C Robin Ganellin FRS - Emeritus Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Dr Clare Gerada - General Practitioner (London Practice) and Primary Care Lead for Drug Misuse & Chair at the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Mr Patrick Hargreaves - Adviser for Drugs and Alcohol, Durham County Council Education Department
Mr Paul Hayes - Chief Executive, National Treatment Agency
Mr Andrew Hayman - Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, Chair of ACPO Drugs Committee
Mr Russell Hayton - Clinical Nurse Specialist & Clinical and Services Governance Manager, Plymouth Drug & Health Behaviour
Ms Caroline Healy - Director, Childline.
Dr Matthew Hickman - Deputy Director, Centre for Research on Drugs & Health Behaviour, Senior Lecturer in Public Health
Mr Alan Hunter - Director, Law Regulatory & Intellectual Property and Secretary to the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries
Professor Leslie Iversen - Professor of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
His Honour Judge Trevor Joseph - Resident Judge, Croydon Crown Court
Professor Michael Lewis - Professor of Oral Medicine, Cardiff University
Dr John Marsden - Research Psychologist, Institute of Psychiatry.
Mr Peter Martin - Former Chief Executive, Addaction.
Mrs Samantha Mortimer - Head of PSHE and Citizenship, St Paul's Catholic High School, Manchester
Professor David Nutt - Director of Psychopharmacology Unit, University of Bristol
Mr Richard Pates - Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Director Community Addiction Unit, Cardiff
Mr Trevor Pearce - Acting Director General, National Crime Squad.
DCC Howard Roberts - Deputy Chief Constable, Nottinghamshire Police
Mrs Kay Roberts - Lead Pharmacist - Royal College of General Practitioners, National Drug Misuse Training Programme.
Dr Mary Rowlands - Consultant Psychiatrist in Substance Misuse, Exeter
Dr Polly Taylor - Veterinary Surgeon
Ms Monique Tomlinson - Freelance Consultant in Substance Misuse
Mr Arthur Wing - Assistant Chief Officer, Sussex Probation Area