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recently-published study in The Lancet concludes that alcohol is
the most socially-harmful drug, even more harmful than crack
cocaine or heroin. The study's authors scored 20 drugs on 16
criteria, nine of which related to the harms that a particular
drug does to an individual, and seven related to the harms a
drug does to others. The criteria examined the social, physical
and psychological problems each drug causes. They scored the
drugs on a 100-point scale, with higher numbers given to the
most problematic drugs. Alcohol got the highest score at 72
points, due to its medical and overall societal effects,
including drunk driving. Heroin came in second, with 55 points,
and crack cocaine was third with 54 points. About 17.6 million
adults in the U.S. are either alcoholics or have problems caused
by alcohol, yet alcohol is widely advertised using humor, hip
themes, animals, sexuality and even free samples. Alcohol is
also a legal drug, and people