Sunday Times Wrong On Mental Health And Cannabis
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The News Review:
- Sunday Times Wrong On Mental Health And Cannabis
- Siskiyou County bust yields 457 pounds of marijuana in two cars
- Cannabis issue comes up again
Sunday Times Wrong On Mental Health And Cannabis
Scoop.co.nz – Scoop.co.nz (press release) – Sep 21, 2005
The story has been so structured as to make acase about cannabis-related psychosis based on informationthe paper claims came from Addaction, but which did not comefrom the charity. In 2004-5 Addaction which collects dataon numbers of young people seen in its youngaddactionservices, saw 1,575 young people who came to Addaction fortreatment for drug misuse. Addaction collected data oncannabis use. But Addaction is not a mental health charityand is not qualified to treat psychosis. RosieBrocklehurst, Director of Communications at Addaction said:”The subject of cannabis-related psychosis is a very serioussubject and the report in the Sunday Times made seriousclaims, based on no evidence supplied by us. We suspect thestory was influenced by the Sunday Times wish to write apiece before the imminent deliberations by the AdvisoryCouncil on the Misuse of Drugs. The ACMD will be reviewingthe scientific evidence on cannabis use and misuse and willbe making recommendations to the Government in the light ofthose deliberations…
RosieBrocklehurst, Director of Communications at Addaction said:”The subject of cannabis-related psychosis is a very serioussubject and the report in the Sunday Times made seriousclaims, based on no evidence supplied by us. We suspect thestory was influenced by the Sunday Times wish to write apiece before the imminent deliberations by the AdvisoryCouncil on the Misuse of Drugs. The ACMD will be reviewingthe scientific evidence on cannabis use and misuse and willbe making recommendations to the Government in the light ofthose deliberations. “If Addaction had such evidence wewould have been sure to let the Advisory Council on theMisuse of Drugs know about it, ” said Rosie Brocklehurst. “If we had such evidence as the paper claims, it would havemade the front pages of every national newspaper in thecountry. But we do not have such evidence,” she added. “Thisreport on Page 7 of the paper was a distortion and factuallywrong.
Siskiyou County bust yields 457 pounds of marijuana in two cars
Mail Tribune – Sep 21, 2005
Altogether, police seized 457 pounds of marijuana and more than $600 cash from the vehicles. Advertisement
Deputies later located and arrested Jesus Paris Avendado, 19, of Yreka, who is believed to have been an occupant of the Mitsubishi, police said. Avendado and the Aguilars are all being held in the Siskiyou County Jail on charges of possession of marijuana for sale and possessing concentrated cannabis. Bail is set at $25,000. Gravenkamp said detectives are investigating whether the marijuana grow in western Siskiyou County is connected to a larger operation.
Cannabis issue comes up again
Newstalk ZB – Sep 21, 2005
Fiji rugby has banned winger Vilimoni Delasau for a year after he tested positive for cannabis use in June. He received only a small fine and brief suspension from the NZRU. This has brought the whole cannabis issue back into the limelight and whether it should be on the banned performance enhancing list. New Zealand Drugs Agency boss Graham Steele says they actually believe it should not be on the list, but the world chiefs at WADA believe otherwise for 2006…
Fiji rugby has banned winger Vilimoni Delasau for a year after he tested positive for cannabis use in June. He received only a small fine and brief suspension from the NZRU. This has brought the whole cannabis issue back into the limelight and whether it should be on the banned performance enhancing list. New Zealand Drugs Agency boss Graham Steele says they actually believe it should not be on the list, but the world chiefs at WADA believe otherwise for 2006. Steele says WADA is meeting at the moment to confirm the list for next year, with cannabis remaining on the draft documents he has seen. Graham Steele says he fully understands that a number of young athletes wreck their careers with cannabis, but the NZSDA still believes it does not belong on the performance enhancing list. Share this Article:.