Comments on: Inspirational Infographic Roundup 3

By: pizzza

pizzza — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:58:52 +0000

Good points; mine is simply that absolute values are inherently less useful. Surely 1 ton of drugs is a lot, but how much? Is that a big city's supply for a day or the entire country's supply for a week? Also, there is a lot more money, suffering and death behind 1 ton of heroin than 1 ton of marijuana.

By: Wiederkehr

Wiederkehr — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:45:17 +0000

Good thought – but I think by weight is something better measurable than dose (may vary from person to person) or pice (may vary from dealer to dealer). But I think adding another attribute to the weight would help identify the most problematic drugs.

By: pizzza

pizzza — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:05:24 +0000

Somehow I think comparison of drugs by tonnage is misleading; perhaps unit in the form of dose, or price or a scale considering physical harm and dependence would make for more sensible comparison.

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