Cannabis / Marijuana /
Pot
Once described as a 'soft' drug, cannabis has now been decisively exposed as
a HARMFUL drug. It often causes psychosis and leads to lasting
mental health problems as well as addiction.
The best advice - DO NOT TAKE
IT!
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Media reports:
3 April 2007: Drugs -
Cannabis
Liberal UK newspaper The Independent
reverses its position on marijuana! After campaigning FOR the decriminalisation
of marijuana since 1997, they now say there are TOO MANY DANGERS! They have
abandoned their campaign!
Cannabis
An apology
By Jonathan Owen, The Independent on
Sunday,UK, 18 March
2007.
“In 1997, this newspaper launched a campaign to decriminalise
the drug. If only we had known then what we can reveal
today...”
“Record numbers of teenagers are requiring drug treatment
as a result of smoking skunk, the highly potent cannabis strain that is 25 times
stronger than resin sold a decade ago.
“More than 22,000 people were treated
last year for cannabis addiction - and almost half of those affected were under
18. With doctors and drugs experts warning that skunk can be as damaging as
cocaine and heroin, leading to mental health problems and psychosis for
thousands of teenagers, The Independent on Sunday has today
reversed its landmark campaign for cannabis use to be
decriminalised…..”
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comment and report. Author: Jenny Stokes | Modified: 31 January 2008 |
