Cannabis use ‘will impair but not damage mental health’
The News Review:
- Cannabis use ‘will impair but not damage mental health’
- Call to end marijuana leniency
- McDowell refutes claims that cannabis laws will be relaxed
- Marijuana show aims for new high in Amsterdam
- Letter: Bush needs to consider medical marijuana reform
- Ten marijuana plants seized at Lexington
Cannabis use ‘will impair but not damage mental health’
Telegraph.co.uk – Jan 23, 2006
The drug can impair psychological and psychomotor performance, cause acute intoxication reactions and lead to relapses of individuals with mental illnesses. The council, which was asked to reconsider the Government’s decision to downgrade cannabis from a Class B to a Class C substance, recommended that it should not be reversed… “The evidence for the existence of an association between frequency of cannabis use and the development of psychosis is, on the available evidence, weak. The council does not advise the reclassification of cannabis products to Class B; it recommends they remain within Class C. “While cannabis can, unquestionably, produce harms, these are not of the same order as those of substances within Class B. “The council said that since it recommended in 2003 that cannabis should be downgraded, “further evidence has emerged about the possible link between the use of cannabis and the subsequent development of psychotic symptoms. “While these studies do not of themselves prove beyond reasonable doubt that such a link exists, the accumulating evidence suggests that there is a causal association. However, the consumption of cannabis is neither a necessary, nor a sufficient, cause for the development of schizophrenia.
Call to end marijuana leniency
NEWS.com.au – Jan 23, 2006
Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Christopher Pyne yesterday called for cannabis use and possession to be recriminalised. Cannabis possession is criminal in all states but with varying leniency. In Victoria, the maximum penalty for cannabis use or possession is a $500 fine. First or second-time offenders with up to 50g may be cautioned. Mr Pyne said it was time to make cannabis possession criminal no matter how small the amount. “We must do more to tackle the perception that cannabis is a harmless drug,” he said.
McDowell refutes claims that cannabis laws will be relaxed
Ireland Online – Jan 23, 2006
A newspaper claimed today that Superintendents will be directed not to charge people with tiny portions of the drug, but to caution them instead. However, Michael McDowell said this afternoon he knows nothing about the plans. “It hasn’t been run passed me and I think that it would be a matter for consultation with the Tánaiste and the Minister for Justice as to whether that would be an appropriate response,” he said.
Marijuana show aims for new high in Amsterdam
abc.net.au – Jan 23, 2006
But instead of posing next to muscle cars, the models explained the intricacies of hydroponics culture such as the “iGrow-box Intensive Irrigation System” and exhibitors showed off their bongs, grinders, rolling paper, reflective film, hemp-fabric apparel and how-to marijuana growing videos. “This gives you an uplifting high, up in the mind, not in your body,” marijuana cultivator Arjan Roskam said of his latest Cannabis Cup-winning strain, Arjan’s Haze #1. Mr Roskam, who says he has hosted celebrities such as 50 Cent and Eminem in his Amsterdam coffee shops, was selling his prize-winning plant seeds for 100 euros alongside other strains such as the Great White Shark and Hawaiian Snow. Andre Beckers, the organiser of the International Highlife Hemp Fair, said he was expecting 15,000 to 20,000 visitors at the fair, held for the first time in Amsterdam instead of Utrecht, a smaller Dutch city to the south-east of the capital. “This is part of the normalisation process – people see this as a normal fair,” Mr Beckers said. While Dutch coffee shops are allowed to sell small quantities of marijuana, growing and distribution of cannabis remain illegal in the Netherlands… “This gives you an uplifting high, up in the mind, not in your body,” marijuana cultivator Arjan Roskam said of his latest Cannabis Cup-winning strain, Arjan’s Haze #1. Mr Roskam, who says he has hosted celebrities such as 50 Cent and Eminem in his Amsterdam coffee shops, was selling his prize-winning plant seeds for 100 euros alongside other strains such as the Great White Shark and Hawaiian Snow. Andre Beckers, the organiser of the International Highlife Hemp Fair, said he was expecting 15,000 to 20,000 visitors at the fair, held for the first time in Amsterdam instead of Utrecht, a smaller Dutch city to the south-east of the capital. “This is part of the normalisation process – people see this as a normal fair,” Mr Beckers said. While Dutch coffee shops are allowed to sell small quantities of marijuana, growing and distribution of cannabis remain illegal in the Netherlands. Police were at the fair but did not appear to be taking action against the growers. – Reuters
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Letter: Bush needs to consider medical marijuana reform
UNM Daily Lobo – UNM Daily Lobo (subscription) – Jan 23, 2006
It’s a matter of right and wrong. I have tried lithium. I have tried Paxil. I have tried them all. Yes, marijuana in our schools is a bad thing… It does our young kids no good. I believe the law is correct in that regard. But what about people with cancer or people like me, who are suffering every day with things that cannot be controlled by conventional means?Why will Bush not listen to the people? Why will he not consider the facts presented by the Marijuana Policy Project and actual sufferers? Is it because the issue may cost a few votes? On that score, taxing marijuana for people like cancer patients would do a world of good for the economy. It would also take a heck of a lot of shady pot peddlers off the streets and away from our schools. I am a human being. Please stop turning a blind eye to this real issue.
Ten marijuana plants seized at Lexington
Central Michigan Life – Jan 23, 2006
Then the deputies came to one room in which the door was locked. After the suspect unlocked the door, the deputies opened the closetand found 10 marijuana plants, ranging from 1-to-7 inches tall. “He admitted it was his bedroom and his marijuana operation,”Mioduszewski said. “It was a fairly decent operation going on in hiscloset. ”Tim Driessnack, manager of Lexington Ridge Apartments, 3700 E. Deerfield Road, said he was the one who made the call to the police. “The apartment had been warned the night before,” Driessnack said… Deerfield Road, said he was the one who made the call to the police. “The apartment had been warned the night before,” Driessnack said. The suspect could be charged with a four-year marijuana possessionfelony and hosting a nuisance party, which is in violation of UnionTownship ordinances. He will be arraigned Monday afternoon in theIsabella County Courthouse. Mioduszewski said the suspect is not confirmed to be a CMU student,but he assumes so. Driessnack said the resident would be in violation of his lease. “I don’t think he’s a drug dealer,” he said.