The effect of cannabis

With the Government having prepared the information for the proposed law reform of the use of cannabis (also named marijuana or hashish or weed) for the referendum which we will vote on in the upcoming election, it is important we are fully informed before we vote.

Having worked with one of New Zealand's most skilled drug counsellors Trevor Grice I learnt how ignorant people are about this drug, and its impact on the human brain in particular. I would beg all of us to become as well informed on this drug.

It is a nonsense to suggest that it is harmless, as it stores in the user's brain, ovaries and testes for a significant period of time. Unlike alcohol which flushes through the body, through the liver - one ounce, one hour. Our livers cannot work any faster than that, which is why babies can be born with foetal alcohol syndrome. We all know that the abuse of alcohol is very destructive.

However, cannabis is the stupefying drug, and it impacts far longer in one's body, takes away a young person's ability to learn, and the one thing we all owe our children is a decent start in life. More to come.

M Murray-Benge, Bethlehem.

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2 comments

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Posted on 08-05-2020 13:06 | By Mein Fuhrer

and utter load of 1930's anti cannabis propaganda you spout M Murray Benge. I for example have smoked cannabis since I was 18 back in 1978, I have an obove average IQ, I have never been on the dole, never committed a violent offence, I don't take any pharmaceuticals whatsoever. This garbage you spout is totally wrong, my Lord Jesus even used "kaneh-bosm" (ancient Hebrew for Cannabis) in His healing anointing oils. "“Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food."


Mein Fuhrer.....

Posted on 08-05-2020 20:24 | By groutby

....methinks you may have consumed way to much of the 'good stuff'....any rational comment is available for equally informed response, and I hope all concerned can look into this and offer an informed vote in the near future, the outcome has the ability to change the country and it's performance forever, we need rationality my friend..........


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