Cannabis Laws Need Toughening A recent editorial in the Western Australian newspaper is calling for tougher laws on cannabis. Cannabis use has known health risks. Seven out of ten cannabis infringement notices are being ignored. Drug education courses are being ignored. The current laws give… Read More »Cannabis Laws Need Toughening
Cannabis Causes Psychosis in Healthy People The latest scientific research shows that high THC cannabis called skunk can cause healthy people to develop psychotic illness. The effects of this cannabis are to leave users with hallucinations, delusions and cognitive impairment. The potency of the cannabis… Read More »Cannabis Causes Psychosis in Healthy People
Cannabis Arrests High Cannabis accounted for the greatest proportion of drug arrests and seizures. Two out of three national drug arrests were for cannabis. The majority of cannabis arrests occur in Queensland. Acknowledged harms of cannabis include psychosis, schizophrenia, depression, impaired concentration, drowsiness, rapid heartbeat,… Read More »Cannabis Arrests High
Cannabis Addiction Increasing A 2004 study in the American Medical Association Journal suggested that stronger cannabis is contributing to higher addiction rates. Increased THC means that cannabis today is five times more potent than cannabis used in the 1970’s. One in every six people seeking… Read More »Cannabis Addiction Increasing
‘Is my child using cannabis?’ It isn’t easy to live with adolescents under normal circumstances. The situation becomes a whole lot worse if they start to use drugs. Lack of communication, arguments, secrecy and self-centredness are all part and parcel of growing up, so it… Read More »Is my child using cannabis?
Cannabis Cultivation Booms Cannabis being the most commonly used illicit drug in Australia is mainly produced domestically. Cannabis arrests comprise two thirds of all illicit drug arrests. The number of detections of cannabis at Australian border increased 60 per cent mainly involving seeds mailed to… Read More »Cannabis Cultivation Booms
Cannabis Cancer not Considered A private members bill to ban bongs in Victoria was defeated in the Victorian upper house. The bill proposed that selling and displaying bongs would be illegal and would bring Victoria into line with other states that had acted similarly. (Source:… Read More »Cannabis Cancer not Considered
Cannibis Experts Addiction An expert in drug addiction has written an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association of his own addiction to cannabis which destroyed his career. A daily decade long cannabis habit moving onto injecting opioids was exposed and led to… Read More »Cannibis Experts Addiction
Cannabis Leads to Psychotic Episodes A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry claims that cannabis with higher THC levels commonly known as skunk is seven times more likely to trigger psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia. Psychotic episodes like psychosis, schizophrenia, hearing voices and paranoid… Read More »Cannabis Leads to Psychotic Episodes
Cannabis Harm to Teenage Brains The debate about the effect of cannabis on the developing teenage brain on the internet was highlighted in an article published at MercatorNet.com The harm to the developing adolescent brain, the cannabis impact, the increasing toxicity and the damage of… Read More »Cannabis Harm to Teenage Brains
