Hundreds of Cork people hospitalised with mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cannabinoids over five years

by gig1922

8 comments

  1. Glad to see this article references cannabinoids in the title it’s normally just cannabis. Should say synthetic cannabinoids though.

    Here’s some news from the UK this week in relation to cannabis. Clear examples of the negatives associated with prohibition

    Slavery being used to grow cannabis

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce992pjqdg5o

    Murder of a 17 year old for a £180 cannabis debt

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggj7gkvyyo

    23 year old law student confirmed to have died from a single synthetic cannabinoid gummy

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/student-23-died-after-eating-32928241

  3. >Mr Duncan said: “Cannabis is also complicated by mental health conditions, one makes the other worse — cannabis exacerbates the mental health problems and that makes them feel they need to use more drugs. If there’s any susceptibility to mental health illness, then using cannabis at a younger age may be the trigger that starts it off.

    Very obvious clickbait headline that implies cannabis is making people crazy, but the actual facts in the article is that cannabis simply exacerbates already existing mental health issues (no shit. all drugs do that. even alcohol).

    I think cannabis isn’t any worse than alcohol. The real issue is the frequency. Very few people are getting really drunk every day, but many people who use cannabis use it every day. Which obviously messes with your brain.

  4. What a simplistic article. It doesn’t address the reasons for the perceived distress and behavioural issues of the young person and why they were turning to substances.

    Their environment – their home life, parents relationships, learning difficulties, bullying, sexual abuse, the traumatic effects of covid, a young person being controlled by adults in their lives not allowed to show emotions and hence they act out, being ostracised in school, being picked on by teachers etc.

    Terrible article not worth it’s weight.

    It is too simplistic this article.

    It’s easier to blame a drug then for parents, teachers and society to examine themselves.

    As we know too the mental health isn’t right, young people being pushed into a system at a young age isn’t helpful for their sense of self.

  5. They all got reefer madness. Now let’s forget about all those drug addicts and have a nice cool refreshing pint of Rockshore, aaaaahh nice.

  6. Can we legalise drugs please so that this is a thing of the past.

    People are going to take drugs anyway. Fact. The ‘war on drugs’ is over and drugs won.

    Legalisation means regulation. Regulation means quality controls over what drugs are available, exactly like alcohol.

    If alcohol were illegal, we’d have the same stories as above about people being sold ethanol as alcohol and going blind/mad.

    The fact that alcohol is legal is what keeps people safe.

    Legalisation would also be a massive benefit to the economy, as shown by the US/places where they have legalised some drugs.

  8. Should be legal but also some people shouldn’t touch the stuff.

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