The findings of Britain’s Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs – published in the influential medical journal, The Lancet – suggesting alcohol is more dangerous than highly addictive drugs like heroin or crack cocaine needs to be scrutinised very carefully.

Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin, ecstasy and crack cocaine, a new study in the UK said today.

Sacked British government adviser Professor David Nutt today vowed to tell “the truth about drugs” as he launched a breakaway body of “unfettered” scientific colleagues.