Cheers for the heads up on the article mate.

Just been reading through it and it's the biggest load of hogwash i've read on the subject in a long time!
I mean talk about Anslinger and he's "Reefer Madness" bullcrap, this crap is nearly as bad!

Quote from Luke Ming Flanagan
He agrees that the drug is potentially dangerous – as with any drug – but says his biggest fear is what people are bulking up the drug with. The Forensic Science Laboratory says it has found a variety of material mixed up with skunk, such as shards of glass and other materials to mimic the look of crystals.

“What will that do to people’s lungs at the end of the day?” asks Flanagan. “Of course, some people run into problems using cannabis. But at the end of the day, it’s likely they’d run into problems using other things. And criminalising them doesn’t help the situation.”

He also takes issue with the findings of the Forensic Science Laboratory regarding the content of grow-house skunk. Flanagan says the Irish-cultivated cannabis that was analysed was most likely taken from grow houses and hadn’t fully matured. This, he says, may account for the very low levels of CBD.

He has every bloody right to take Issue with the Forensic Science Laboratory. They were the ones involved in recommending the increase of the
price of cannabis in 2009 from €2 a gram to an amazing €12 per gram!
So i would Have to call into question there methods, and means and motive behind them!

Here's the article if you aint seen it -- The herb that got too high - The Irish Times - Sat, Jan 07, 2012

Peace..



Quote Originally Posted by Blow-out
In the Irish Times today an article by the above name. This line seems to be the angle the government and main stream media seem to be taking now! Obviously as the other arguments against Cannabis don't really stand up! In bold Print on the front of the paper "The trouble with Cannabis" it's this type of propaganda that really pisses me off. Go out buy the paper and read! Then post your thoughts :stoned: