Marihuana je uzrok mnogih smrtnih slučajeva koji bivaju prijavljeni kao "nesrećni slučajevi" ili "samoubistva", tvrdi najviši ("most senior coroner") istražni sudija Britanije
"Marijuana use is much more dangerous that believed and hundreds of young people die each year in "accidents" caused by their prolonged use of the drug, according to Britain's most senior coroner.
Hamish Turner, the president of the Coroners' Society, told The Telegraph that the marijuana, often portrayed as harmless, has increasingly been the cause of deaths that have been reported as accidents or suicides.
"Cannabis is as dangerous as any other drug and people must understand that it kills," said Mr Turner. "From my long experience I can say that it is a very dangerous substance. Increasingly it is mentioned not only as the first drug taken by people who overdose, but also in suicides and accidental deaths.
"It is an awful waste of young lives. People are trying the drug at a very young age. Many go on to harder drugs and I am dealing with more and more heroin overdoses. People can also suffer severe consequences from the cannabis alone, however.
"Bereaved parents say to me, 'We didn't realise how dangerous it was until it was too late, if only we had done something'. It is heartbreaking."
Turner said that stronger varieties of cannabis are now common, leading to physical and mental problems in young people, compared to the pot that was available in the 1960s."
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"Recent examples of the dangers of the drug cited by Mr Turner include the case of James Taylor, a 31-year-old, who was found hanged in his Torquay flat. The inquest heard that he had started smoking cannabis when he was about 15 and was a habitual user. The drug was blamed for the depression and mental health problems that later plagued him and which led to his death.
Mary Taylor, his mother, said that there was no doubt in her mind that cannabis had killed her son. "The cannabis made him paranoid from the word go. He went from a good-looking, artistic, talented chap to someone who did not trust anyone, not even his sister, who he was very close to.
"Because of the damage the drug did to him he became more isolated, more lonely and more depressed. The loveliest boy was destroyed by this drug. I would never have believed that James would have acted as he did when he took his own life.
"People who insist that cannabis is harmless are talking rubbish. We had years of hell when James was on cannabis, and that was all he was taking. Now he is dead and our family life has been devastated."
Cannabis also contributed to the death of Dragan Radoslavjevic, 42, from Paignton, Devon. He died earlier this year after using a power tool to drill a hole in his head. An inquest in Torquay heard that he suffered from depression and relied on drugs such as cannabis and heroin.
Mr Turner said that stronger varieties of cannabis - up to 10 times more potent than those used in the 1960s - were now common, leading to physical and mental problems in young people living in rural areas as well as in cities.
The drug robbed young people of their appetite for life, the coroner warned, with regular and prolonged use leading to panic attacks, paranoia, psychosis, racing heart, agitation, an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes, and even a tendency to violence.
"Cannabis is a mind-altering drug which has ravaging effects on the brain," he added.
"Kanabis je droga koja MENJA UM i ima RAZORNE efekte na mozak...
Kanabis je oteo mladim ljudima apetit za životom, a redovna i hronična upotreba vodi ka NAPADIMA PANIKE, PARANOJI, PSIHOZAMA, UBRZANOM RADU SRCA, UZNEMIRENOSTI, POVEĆANOM RIZIKU OD SRČANIH NAPADA ili ŠLOGOVA - a čak i tendenciji ka NASILJU...
Sada su prisutne vrste marihuane koje su 10 PUTA JAČE od onih koje su se konzumirale šezdesetih godina...
NEKOLIKO STOTINA SMRTNIH SLUČAJEVA GODIŠNJE bivaju prijavljeni kao "nesrećni slučajevi" ili "samoubistva" - a zapravo je konzumiranje marihuane uzrok."
Sve ovo tvrdi PREDSEDNIK DRUŠTVA ISTRAŽNIH SUDIJA BRITANIJE.
Sada samo ostaje da se vidi koliko će vremena proći dok ne bude proglašen "neznalicom", "budalom" i sličnim - od strane dežurnih pametnjakovića (čitaj: dežurnih štetočina i zagovarača svakakvih zala)
I zaista ne mogu drugačiji stav da imam po pitanju toga - pogotovo nakon čitanja onoga o babi koja je, naduvana i pijana, pustila u kuću pit-bulla koji je divljački rastrgao njenu unučicu
A takvih užasnih primera ima SIGURNO mnogo više - samo ljudi nisu provalili da je taj neko bio pod uticajem marihuane, kada je napravio svinjariju koju je napravio.
A eventualne POŽARE, koji su nastali zato što je nekoj naduvanoj kretenčini ispao zapaljeni džoint iz obeznanjenih usta - da ni ne spominjem...