Pubdate: Sat, 15 Jul 2006
Source: Press, The (York, UK)
Copyright: 2006 Newsquest (York) Ltd
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Author: Les Arnott

THE REAL DANGER OF SMOKING POT

IT WILL be interesting to see how your pro-cannabis lobby responds to 
the news from The Royal College of Psychiatrists' meeting in Glasgow, 
where Professor Robin Murray decided to reveal a rather different 
picture to the one given as propaganda in these columns.

I quote: "There is enough evidence to implicate cannabis as a cause 
of schizophrenia." and " ...it is as hazardous as cocaine and heroin, 
yet the public is not being alerted."

The World Health Organisation has released similar information. continued...

If your cannabis apologist wants to risk his health fine. His choice.

But he has no right to pretend that a drug already classed 
internationally as seven times more carcinogenic than tobacco is 
safe. It is reprehensible to play games with the young, the 
vulnerable and the not very bright.

Les Arnott, Athelstan Road, Sheffield.
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