How Many More Studies?

[KanMan]

Please sent this information to your local media outlets and politicians as well.

How many more very credible studies and for how many more years do we need to suffer through before we stop the massive amount of harms caused by the proved failed drug war (prohibition)?

When will politicians that have the need to appear tough on crime to get elected, finally take the morally correct actions to reduce the drug war harms. Now you know full well for a fact more harm is caused by prohibition. I am pleading with you to face the facts and work towards stopping the massive amount of harms continually caused by prohibition (drug wars).


BBC NEWS March 8 / 2007 - Drug laws 'need major overhaul'
See BBC NEWS | UK | Drug laws 'need major overhaul' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6429239.stm)

See the newly released (March 2007) RSA study
"Final report: Drugs facing facts"
"Drugs -facts"
"The report of the RSA Commission on Illegal Drugs, Communities and Public Policy"
http://www.thersa.org/acrobat/rsa_drugs_report.pdf


Even more very credible drug study quotes dating from 1894 to 2002 @ http://frankdiscussion.netfirms.com/pdf/howmanymorestudies.pdf

Also see selected quotes from
The La Guardia Committee Report - 1944
The La Guardia Committee Report - 1944 (http://Calgary420.ca/forum/index.php?topic=780.0)

Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs - 2002
Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs - 2002 (http://Calgary420.ca/forum/index.php?topic=338.0)


Additionally see

Nixon's Shaffer Commission - 1972
National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse
Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding

Commissioned by President Richard M. Nixon, March, 1972
Marihuana, A Signal of Misunderstanding - Table of Contents (http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/Library/studies/nc/ncmenu.htm)
Summary and Conclusions: Marihuana and Crime
Summary and Conclusions: Marihuana and Crime (http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/Library/studies/nc/nc1m.htm)


The Le Dain Commission Report - 1972
Canadian Government Commission Report on Cannabis - Table of Contents (http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/ledain/ldctoc.html)

[WakingDream]

Once enough people are educated it may be a possibility. Right now there are still too many people who believe that a PLANT is the cause of our problems.

[KanMan]

Expert commission calls for total overhaul of UK drugs legislation
Independent Online Edition > UK Politics (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2341351.ece)

An ingenious plan to remove drug users from under the criminal justice jackboot
What is so welcome is that the Commission's proposals are eminently do-able
Independent Online Edition > Deborah Orr (http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/deborah_orr/article2341321.ece)

A startling injection of common sense
Independent Online Edition > Leading Articles (http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2341316.ece)

Demonised drugs 'can be harmless'
Independent Online Edition > Leading Articles (http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2341316.ece)

One spliff can mean lifelong mental illness
Independent Online Edition > Crime (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2339027.ece)

Keith

[KanMan]

BBC News Question Time

Cannabis and drug discussion starts at 28 minutes and 50 seconds in to the program.

BBC News Player (http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_4090000/newsid_4097900/4097948.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm)

[frnkrchmnd]

I heard the BBC report yesterday -- old news -- but the powers that be are not listening. In the US the legal drug cartel controls congress and inflames a gullibel public with anti-pot hooha!

The only solution is organization. What is NORML doing these days?

[KanMan]

One spliff can mean lifelong mental illness
Independent Online Edition > Crime (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=ST55EA4XBDNQJQFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ 0IV0?xml=/news/2007/03/09/ndrugs109.xml)


Schizophrenia Society of Canada postition on cannabis:

Thank you for your message. The role and impact of drugs and alcohol on schizophrenia and other mental illnesses is an area of great interest and concern. The medical consensus has been that drugs such as cannabis do not actually cause the illness, however they can contribute to psychoses and symptoms in individuals who are vulnerable to schizophrenia due to a personal or family history of the illness.

We do have some basic information about drug abuse in our reference manual Rays of Hope. The section states: "Drugs (including alcohol and street drugs) themselves do not cause schizophrenia. However, street drugs and alcohol can make psychotic symptoms worse if a person already has schizophrenia. Some drugs (amphetamines or phencyclidine/angel dust) can temporarily create schizophrenia-like symptoms in well persons."

Our Society does not have a formal position on cannabis use. We encourage all individuals with schizophrenia to talk to their psychiatrists about any products they may be taking, whether it is other prescription medications, alternative products, alcohol or street drugs. The individual's psychiatrist should know what products the person is taking in order to be aware of potential effects.

This past June, the Canadian Psychiatric Association published an issue devoted to the topic of Cannabis and Psychosis. This may be of interest if you are looking for additional information. The link is: http://ww1.cpa-apc.org:8080/Publications/Archives/CJP/2006/august/aug2006.asp

The issue of concurrent disorders -- that is the presence of both a mental illness and a substance use/abuse problem -- is a significant concern for those living with mental illness because it seriously impacts diagnosis, treatment, functioning and quality of life. If you would like additional information on concurrent disorders, please let us know.