[frereubu]

"...when the overall dangers to the individual and society are considered" is the context for that, which you've removed. The article goes on to talk about why David Nutt thinks that, and given that he's spent his life researching various drugs in society I think his opinion is worth more than a cursory glance at the headline. I'm not sure whether I'd rather be around heroin addicts or alcholics (both of which I've known in the past) because they both have significant downsides, but it's worth noting that heroin isn't a psychedelic. I'd much rather be around people on psychedelics rather than the other two.

[mach1ne]

That context is irrelevant given the fact that alcohol usage is so widespread compared to heroin. Do you seriously claim that society would function better if every normal alcohol user converted to use heroin?

Furthermore, my point on psychedelics was about psychedelics, which was the context of the comment it answered, not heroin.