A LITTLE more on marijuana
May 23rd 2008 01:04
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From the Liverpool Echo:
"You must be a real dope to smoke marijuana. You can’t make people understand that it destroys lives, causes depression, paranoia and schizophrenia.
Just listen on my show each night to some of the no-hopers.
I did a programme last week and called it The Truth About Cannabis.
At the end of the show I was still confused. No one on the streets seemed to understand the classification at all or the repercussions of smoking or growing marijuana.
And with the government reclassifying it again as a group B drug – it’s even more confusing than ever.
The only argument the smokers of marijuana come up with, time and time again, is: But what about booze and cigarettes?
Well they would probably be illegal if they had just been discovered but they’re not, so live with it.
And from Melbourne Sun, Australia.
"DOPE smokers have a 40 per cent increased risk of developing schizophrenia, and taking it regularly drives the risk up two-fold, Australian research shows.
A new study by psychiatrists has reviewed the latest evidence of links between cannabis use and mental illness, concluding the association is "stronger and clearer than ever".
A pot smoker is 40 per cent more likely to suffer a psychotic episode than a non-smoker, according to the review of major published international research.
And for people who smoke daily over long periods their risk is 200 per cent higher.
"On the world stage, Australians excel in smoking cannabis, so there are very many people who fit into this category," said lead researcher Dr Martin Cohen, a psychiatrist at the Hunter New England Mental Health Service.
"In fact we're number one in the world.
"We know now more than ever that this bodes badly for our mental health."
Don't worry - there will be more - a little at a time.
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