Cannabis ‘worst drug for psychosis’
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- Cannabis ‘worst drug for psychosis’
- Marijuana: A Pointless But Ending War
- Home turned into ‘cannabis factory’.
- Study Said Marijuana Users Less Depressed
- IT’S ALL IN THE REMIX; HEMP, LINEN AND SILK — AND COMBINATIONS…
Cannabis ‘worst drug for psychosis’
NEWS.com.au – Nov 21, 2005
Andrew Campbell, of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal, warned that a hidden epidemic of cannabis-induced psychosis could make the so-called soft drug more dangerous than heroin. “It’s much safer to take heroin – you can live to be 90 with heroin,” Dr Campbell said. A five-year review of the histories of mentally ill patients in NSW who had been committed to an institution or needed compulsory treatment found four out of five had smoked marijuana regularly in adolescence. “That’s 75 to 80 per cent of the people who are getting long-term psychotic disorders who are not getting better,” Dr Campbell said. “That’s four out of five who were healthy, they could smoke, they were not sensitive to the stuff, then they hit the wall. “It can take up to five or six years. It’s an epidemic, and in some ways we’re blind to it.
Marijuana: A Pointless But Ending War
Queens College The Knight News – Queens College The Knight News (subscrip… – Nov 21, 2005
drug policy reform, hundreds of policemen, judges, prosecutors, statisticians, and politicians believe that marijuana criminalization is a costly and foolish pursuit. A variety of political powers have been opposing strict marijuana laws for years, to the point where bipartisan support has been shown for legalization. In the summer of 2003, around two-thirds of House Democrats and a dozen Republicans voted in favor of an amendment, cosponsored by Republican Dana Rohrabacher, to prohibit federal funding to Justice Department crackdowns on marijuana in states that had legalized it. Legalization of medical marijuana has already been approved in California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, and other states; while New York, Maryland, and others are considering the same move, often in bipartisan support. The federal government spends at least $10-15 billion every year on fighting marijuana on the basis that it is a harmful “gateway drug” to other more harmful substances. However, there have been studies comparing the relationship of marijuana and the demand for other drugs, between marijuana decriminalized states and those with stricter punishments… A variety of political powers have been opposing strict marijuana laws for years, to the point where bipartisan support has been shown for legalization. In the summer of 2003, around two-thirds of House Democrats and a dozen Republicans voted in favor of an amendment, cosponsored by Republican Dana Rohrabacher, to prohibit federal funding to Justice Department crackdowns on marijuana in states that had legalized it. Legalization of medical marijuana has already been approved in California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, and other states; while New York, Maryland, and others are considering the same move, often in bipartisan support. The federal government spends at least $10-15 billion every year on fighting marijuana on the basis that it is a harmful “gateway drug” to other more harmful substances. However, there have been studies comparing the relationship of marijuana and the demand for other drugs, between marijuana decriminalized states and those with stricter punishments. These studies conclude that criminalizing marijuana has virtually no effect on the average use of other drugs, disproving the stigma that it is a “gateway drug” (check out studies conducted by Thies and Register). Other studies show that teenagers today find chronic just as accessible as it was in the ’70s, when marijuana laws were at their weakest.
Home turned into ‘cannabis factory’.
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 21, 2005
David Hancock’s home in Goddard Avenue, west Hull, was raided by police in July. He was sentenced after admitting the offences. A MAN who turned two rooms of his home into cannabis factories was growing the drug for his own.
Study Said Marijuana Users Less Depressed
JoinTogether.org – Nov 21, 2005
Earleywine said the findings don’t necessarily mean that smoking marijuana makes users less depressed. “They may just have a more mellow attitude about everything,” he said. “So if they’re less concerned about cannabis, they’re probably less concerned about other things. “The study was published in the journal.
IT’S ALL IN THE REMIX; HEMP, LINEN AND SILK — AND COMBINATIONS…
Free with registration – Daily News Record – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 21, 2005
Byline: STEPHANIE EPIRO MILAN — Yarn makers at the Filo trade show held here Nov. 3 and 4 turned their attention back to natural fibers — albeit enhanced with technically advanced color processes and functionality. But exhibitors were confident that technical yarns were back in demand — thanks to.