Another article appearing in London England’s Telegraph sheds more light on the relaxation of pot-smoking laws that the liberal-left in Canada is so anxious to push on our nation in order to further “liberalize” their “progressive” Canada.
Liberal attitudes to cannabis are putting millions of young people’s mental health at risk, senior doctors have warned.
The Royal College of General Practitioners said that acceptance of the drug and greater availability of stronger forms of it were leading to rising rates of depression, psychosis and schizophrenia.
Dr Clare Gerada, of the college’s drugs misuse unit, said: “Health warnings are falling on deaf ears, drowned out by the cries of powerful liberal pro-legalisation groups.”
Dr Gerada was speaking before a meeting of the college this week to discuss the health threat posed by the drug. Her attack comes a year after the drug was downgraded from Class B to Class C. People caught with cannabis are let off with a warning and the drug is confiscated.
“With cannabis more popular than tobacco and higher potencies more widely available than before, it is time we looked again at the health risks,” said Dr Gerada.
“There is clear evidence that high levels of use, especially among teenagers who are physically and mentally still developing, carries with it the increased risk of psychosis and respiratory conditions such as asthma.”
The Conservatives have pledged to return cannabis to Class B status. David Davis, the Shadow Home Secretary, said: “The next Conservative government will reflect this by reversing Labour’s decision to downgrade it.”
[…] A recent report in the British Medical Journal revealed that smoking cannabis once or twice a week almost doubled the risk of developing psychotic symptoms later in life. Robin Murray, a professor of psychiatry at King’s College London, said that since the 1980s doctors had begun to see a link between psychotic symptoms and cannabis. […]
The article points to another article: December 2 2004: Mental health warning for cannabis users.
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