What Is The Most Dangerous Drug In The World? ft. In A Nutshell (Kurzgesagt)
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Death by drug overdose has been on the rise in the US, with a 2.2-fold increase from 2002to 2015.But what is the most dangerous drug in the world? [Illustrated by Kurzgesagt.]If we’re simply talking about the most lethal substances, scientists use something calledthe “median lethal dose” or LD50 which measures how much of a substance is requiredto kill half the members of a tested population.So something like coffee requires around 13g to kill a 70kg person, while the venom ofan Inland Taipan snake requires much less, with only 0.00175g.Using this method, the most deadly substance on Earth?Botulinum Toxin...or Botox.Oral ingestion would require only 0.00000007g to kill a 70kg person.However, ‘most dangerous’ doesn’t always mean ‘most lethal’.In the...
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Death by drug overdose has been on the rise in the US, with a 2.2-fold increase from 2002to 2015.But what is the most dangerous drug in the world? [Illustrated by Kurzgesagt.]If we’re simply talking about the most lethal substances, scientists use something calledthe “median lethal dose” or LD50 which measures how much of a substance is requiredto kill half the members of a tested population.So something like coffee requires around 13g to kill a 70kg person, while the venom ofan Inland Taipan snake requires much less, with only 0.00175g.Using this method, the most deadly substance on Earth?Botulinum Toxin...or Botox.Oral ingestion would require only 0.00000007g to kill a 70kg person.However, ‘most dangerous’ doesn’t always mean ‘most lethal’.In the...
