Cannabis Study - ITV News 27/7/2007

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Description: It would seem that we are slipping back 70 years in attitudes towards cannabis use. The UK newspapers are full of headlines just like those in the 1936 anti cannabis film 'REFFER MADNESS' -- it would be funny but for the uneducated and ignorant and hysterical knee-jerk reaction to this wonderful herb. I was a psychiatric nurse working on an addiction unit and a general admissions ward for 22 years. Not once in that time did I meet or treat a patient who had 'gone mad' or become schizophrenic by using cannabis -- I did meet a number of schizophrenic and other psychotic patients, all of whom said that they did not use cannabis as it made them feel worse. All psychiatrists that I worked for agreed that cannabis would compound symptoms and cause psychotic episodes in patients with a major psychotic illness -- and they all agreed that cannabis was NOT the cause of their illness. They all also agreed that cannabis is a relatively harmless substance for those who did not have a history of psychotic illness. The numbers of schizophrenic patients, per head of population HAS NOT RISEN in the last 30 years. The numbers of schizophrenic patients in countries such as Holland, where cannabis laws are relaxed, is no higher than in countries where the laws are strict, such as France -- these topographical figures prove beyond a doubt that cannabis, while making an existing and sometimes latent psychotic illnesses worse, it is not and has never been the CAUSE of schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses. The motivations for re-grading cannabis are political and yet another example of how the people of Britain are being pressurised to conform to a set of puritanical rules -- we cannot smoke in public yet our nation drops bombs on innocent people -- we are told that we drink too much -- take too many drugs -- we eat too much, or we eat the wrong things - our children are all yobs - paedophiles lurk in every shadow, and to top it all they are convincing us that global warming is our fault, not the fault of the big corporations [have a look at coca cola's or the oil and plastic industries environmental track record, ] A nation in fear, a nation weighed down with guilt is a good place for the drug companies to make a lot of money, I wonder how much money is made from Prozac and similar products. Hmmmm, I wonder how much will be made from a drug to treat an imaginary cannabis psychosis. It has been shown that people under stress will consume more, will get deeper into debt, become more violent, will display more racist tendencies. Take a look around you, then light up a spliff!
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jared2112 ::: Favorites That's not what schizophrenia is. It's a very small part of it, but it's also a small part of many mental illnesses. I just hate seeing all these dumbfucks joking around about insanity. It all comes back around in the end one way or another. If you don't end up insane, you'll end up blissfully ignorant of how fucked up and insane you and the rest of the world are. 07-09-19 02:02:46 __________________________________________________
funjoe69 ::: Favorites iv smoked every day for the past 4 years. through my gcse's and a levels and through uni atm (obviously quit for exams). not only do i have 13 GCSE's and 4 a-levels but i have no problems at all 07-09-14 17:09:13 __________________________________________________
capofamiglia187 ::: Favorites Whilst it stays illegal-a vast number of medical users/sufferers continue to suffer,its readily available 2 under 18's through the aid of criminal street dealers.You dont have a clue-do some proper research before talking out ur backside.And the lancet was a bs report-it was a study based on statistics-and if u listen 2 what they said and what the media said its 2 diffrent stories.Its a plant/herb for gods sake. 07-09-10 11:40:56 __________________________________________________
capofamiglia187 ::: Favorites Yes if you abuse anything it will "fck" u up,so does that mean we make tobbacco/alcohol illegal?cannabis is not addictive like alcohol or tobbaco.Truth is it makes u feel happy/peaceful for 90% of users-so juduszero wtf is so bad about that?u dont see pot smokers on the street-robbing/begging/fighting etc. 07-09-10 11:38:32 __________________________________________________
capofamiglia187 ::: Favorites Will you stop being a narrow minded twat?i feel for your dad but cannabis has proven 2 be the most effective medicine for a number of conditions-just bcoz ur dad has mental problems doesnt mean everyone will.Look at how many people smoke in the UK out of ALL of them how many have problems?a small percentage!its that small percentage which the media/government use as an excuse to undermine pot/smokers. 07-09-10 11:27:05 __________________________________________________
norrisnuvo ::: Favorites First I am not a stoner but suffer from an incurable and painful condition and use cannabis for the pain - Secondly I use and do not abuse. Sorry about your dad but if he smoked every night then he DID abuse 07-09-02 23:33:45 __________________________________________________
juduszero ::: Favorites will you stoners all SHUT THE FUCK UP my dad now has quite a few mental difficulties thanks to smoking every single night for 2 years,and he continues to do so,dont get me wrong i lit up for quite a time but if you abuse cannibis you will fuck your head up 07-09-02 18:43:01 __________________________________________________
UniversalBrother108 ::: Favorites bad mouth the most healing and safe herb known to man, then flash over to commercials that advertise the most un-natural and dangerous pharmacetical drugs that mankind has ever known, this is kali yuga at its prime, cannabis is the plant of of renown mentioned by ezekial, saying it would heal and feed the world,dont be fooled by wicked men who tell lies for their own personal gain, 07-08-30 22:49:58 __________________________________________________
norrisnuvo ::: Favorites There are many people who were caught smoking cannabis in the same time-frame as the above politicians, those people now have a criminal record and would be barred from entering British politics. So how come there has been no removal of the guilty and CRIMINAL ministers? 07-08-13 07:27:24 __________________________________________________
norrisnuvo ::: Favorites The cabinet ministers who admitted smoking cannabis in the past are guilty of the CRIMINAL act of possession of an illegal drug. If they passed the spliff on to anyone they are also guilty of SUPPLYING AN ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE which is a greater crime and carries a greater penalty including imprisonment. 07-08-13 07:24:37 __________________________________________________