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Cannabis Psychosis, Hype And Baloney!
Don Barnard Press Release
Saturday 19 Mar 2005 Press bulletin - Cannabis Psychosis, Hype And Baloney! With the recent move by the Home secretary Charles Clark requesting more info on the alleged link between psychotic symptoms and the cannabis currently available [stronger!] I thought the following may be of interest to you. Press information bulletin follows. Don Barnard Legalise Cannabis Alliance, (Cyfathrach Cyfreithloni Cannabis) PO Box 198, Norfolk NR3 3WB http://www.lca-uk.org/ 07984 255015 donbarnard@lca-uk.org Press bulletin - Cannabis Psychosis, Hype And Baloney Those who want the law strengthened have made much of the recent flurry of reports alleging to show a causal link between cannabis and mental health problems. [1] The BBC In it's cover of Fergusson, Horwood & Ridder report purporting to show a causal link between cannabis (Marijuana) use and psychosis. ("Tests of causal linkages between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms". journal Addiction Volume 100 Issue 3 Page 354 March 2005 ). ---- The BBC reported: "Drug Doubles Mental Health Risk" . This definitive-sounding headlines was picked up by The worldwide press, chat show host, local media, And used as a political tool by politicians who want cannabis returned to Class B. Is there any real new evidence to support these claims! Or, Is it Hype And Baloney? Bruce Mirken and Mitch Earleywine in "Psychosis, Hype And Baloney (AlterNet. March 7, 2005) have taken a close look at "Tests of causal linkages between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms" Their conclusion there gaping holes unmentioned in those definitive-sounding headlines in the original reporting by BBC. The full report[s] "Tests of causal linkages between cannabis use" And; "psychotic symptoms and Psychosis, Hype And Baloney" SEE: http://www.ukcia.org/research/TestsOfCausalLinkages/ See also everything said in the House of Commons debates on Psychosis since 2001 http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=Psychosis&o=rMonday, Extraneous notes: 1] The UK Cannabis Internet Activist [UKCIA] there is a raft reports on cannabis and mental health far to much for one person to read. http://www.ukcia.org/cgi-bin/search/search.pl?terms=+Psychosis%2C&Match=0&Su bmit= Contact for UKCIA: Derek Williams Tel 01603 766854 email derek@ukcia.org 2] On Saturday, 29th January 2005, the first anniversary of reclassification, the two mental health charities, RETHINK and SANE went on a media offensive to highlight the issue of mental health and cannabis use. The stated aim was to call for an education campaign, but SANE used the event to call for a reversal of reclassification. [2] The UKCIA is carrying an open letter to Marjorie Wallace, the chief executive of SANE, one of the mental health charities. This is written by Helen who is the parent of a young man who has schizophrenia. These are Helen's words, not UKCIA's. Read Helen's letter here http://www.ukcia.org/library/letter_to_sane.htm Read Sane's reply, UKCIA comment and readers feedback her http://www.ukcia.org/library/letter_to_sane_2.htm The Legalise Cannabis Alliance invited Helen to address our anual conference on the 19 March 2005 - Listen to Helen here http://www.ukcia.org/library/lca_2005.htm [third from bottom] Contact Helen here: tiny.vol@ntlworld.com END
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