UK - Should Cannabis be Legalised?

[edgarshade]

Huffington Post


Rupert Wolfe-Murray
Editor at Castle Craig addiction rehab clinic

Posted: 06/09/2012

With reader comments

The legalise cannabis lobby should be reeling from recent reports that show the negative impact of cannabis: a group of New Zealanders were studied over 40 years and the results show that the IQ levels of teenagers can be permanently reduced by the drug; and a report from California describes the failed promise of "Medical Marijuana".

Perhaps it is naïve of me to expect the legalise cannabis supporters to suddenly say "we were wrong" and all go home. This doesn't seem to happen when people adopt a confrontational position they believe in deeply.

But it has been fascinating to observe how the legalise cannabis lobby has dealt with the news that their drug of choice is bad for teens. Peter Reynolds of CLEAR (Cannabis Law Reform) is a former politician who has registered CLEAR as a political party. Judging on how he has turned this potentially devastating report to his advantage I would also say that he's also a PR genius.

Before I started working for Castle Craig rehab clinic I was in favour of legalising cannabis. I had experimented with it at college, believed it wasn't addictive and liked the idea of taxing the drug and cutting out the criminals who profit from it. But when a journalist in London told me that "cannabis is the number one problem drug for psychiatrists" and that it can also cause psychosis, I started researching it.

Each one of the pro-cannabis arguments can be picked apart and demolished, every one of the studies they quote can be countered with other studies, but that doesn't really get us anywhere. Much more useful is to simply look at the families around us and ask them what impact cannabis has had on their loved ones.

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[Pong567]

Legalize!

 

[poledriver]

Simple, only let it be legally available to over 18's or 21's, yes legalise.

Before I started working for Castle Craig rehab clinic I was in favour of legalising cannabis. I had experimented with it at college, believed it wasn't addictive and liked the idea of taxing the drug and cutting out the criminals who profit from it. But when a journalist in London told me that "cannabis is the number one problem drug for psychiatrists" and that it can also cause psychosis, I started researching it.

Each one of the pro-cannabis arguments can be picked apart and demolished, every one of the studies they quote can be countered with other studies, but that doesn't really get us anywhere. Much more useful is to simply look at the families around us and ask them what impact cannabis has had on their loved ones.

^ Go have a look at alcohol then too.

Much more useful is to simply look at the families around us and ask them what impact cannabis has had on their loved ones.

I know plenty of families and members who smoke pot, for along time, with no major issues that I have noticed, but most of them are adults.

 

[Syanide]

But when a journalist in London told me that "cannabis is the number one problem drug for psychiatrists" and that it can also cause psychosis, I started researching it.

And how do these shrink's know it was caused by the plant.