There are stats about the dangers and costs of different types of drugs to the person taking them, and to larger society. For both legal and illegal drugs.
Is this graph readable? https://dynamic.decorrespondent.nl/media/904/59144b53679eb0254961807.png
From worst to less bad:
Alcohol
Heroine
Crack
Meth
Tobacco
Amphetamines
Cannabis
GHB
Benzodiazepines
Ketamine
Methadone
Metphedrone
Bhutaan
Qat
Anabolic steroids
XTC
LSD
Mushrooms.
Herbal psychedelics like ayahuasca, and huasca, and iboga root, aren’t even on the list. They are rarely taken recreationally, but always in a ritual setting with a careful sitter, who -if it is done right- prepares the triptakers and prevents and helps if problems arise.
And none of these herbal psychedelics are considered addictive by professionals studying drug addiction. On the contrary, they are used to combat addiction. And the therapeutic potential of such drugs is more and more researched.
Such herbal psychedelics are even produced in an responsible way. Having taken them a couple times I can understand why. Such plants and the experience they yield command respect from everyone who experiences them.