CANNABIS IS BAD FOR TEENAGERS
An Australian Study on teenage cannabis smokers showed serious mental health problems for them.
It revealed that 46% of 17 year old Australian males had smoked cannabis.
Whilst less 17 year old Australian females had smokes cannabis, there was still 38% that admitted cannabis use.
These cannibis usage rates are very high by world standards.
The research showed that cannabis use is associated with depression, negative conduct, excessive drinking, smoking cigarettes and use of other drugs.
The researchers concluded that cannabis use is very prevalent in Australia and has serious consequences for the teenagers.
(Source: British Journal of Psychiatry, study by Rey et al published by the Northwest Centre for Health & Safety, USA, April 2002)
COMMENT
The high use of cannabis by Australian teenagers is due to the tolerant policies of harm minimization by governments.
The Parliament must help our teenagers using cannabis to rehabilitate themselves to a drug free lifestyle.
The Parliament must never normalise the use of cannabis.
Parliament must reduce the numbers of teenagers using cannabis
We support-
More detoxification and rehabilitation programs for cannabis users.
Cannabis must never be legalised or normalised.
Court ordered and supervised detoxification and rehabilitation programs that divert cannabis users into a drug free life.
A reduction in the number of cannabis users in Victoria