Media and framing cannabis

4 comments

1. Can’t read the first article thanks to the paywall, i’ve heard it on the news yesterday and they where quik to have it as the number one reason.

   I work with young drug users and see cannabis addiction a lot. Cannabis is often looked upon as non Risk, but there are deffinitly more then a few. I’ve seen some psychoses to. As for addiction there are Often issues leading to this. Trauma’s can induce psychoses as well.
   In my opinion it’s often a combination of a tendency for psychoses, mental issues and use (especially on a young age, because those minds are not fully developed)

   That said they raised a good Point on the THC levels in cannabis. These levels are higher while more Often then not the cbd levels are lower. The balance of these two influence cannabis a lot. cbd has been Found to reduce the risks of THC (paranoia, psychoses, even addiction, …) There are a lot of instances naming cannabis a hard drug now because of the high THC levels (+8% or +10% depending on where they set the bar).

2. Paywall

3. I think the Yale article confirms de standaard article.

   And there is a call for regulation in the article, so i don’t see any negative framing here.

   But in general, yes i believe media in Belgium take the easy road of negative framing of cannabis

4. Legalise it its multi billion dollar industry. Might solve our tax issues and expensive stuff