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UK: Cannabis use worsens social problems
Channel 4 News
Wednesday 24 Oct 2007 Heavy cannabis use among vulnerable young people exacerbates their social problems more than the user realises, according to a new study. A report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found that when various aspects of users lives were probed in detail that associations between their use and problems such as unemployment, educational under-achievement and homelessness became apparent. The report found those with the greatest number of social problems tended to use most heavily. Researchers, drawing on 100 interviews with 16 to 25-year-olds who used the drug every day for the past six months, found the consequences were relatively benign for those in higher or further education. Dr Margaret Melrose, the report's author, said: "Young people may not be aware of the extent to which cannabis use might exacerbate their existing social problems, and professionals who have had experience of cannabis users in the past may assume the effects are relatively harmless if they take young people's assessment of the impact of cannabis use in their lives at face value. "More probing may be required in order to explore the level and nature of cannabis use and how this may be adding to a young person's problems." http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/cannabis+use+worsens+social+problems/953592
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