Raffaz
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Here ya go Maurice, heres an article from the BBC that says cannabis doesnt cause violence, wheres yours that says it does?????? POST your proof please!
Psychoactive Substances and Violence, a 1994 report conducted by the US Justice Information Center, concluded: "Of all psychoactive substances alcohol is the only one whose consumption has been shown to commonly increase aggression.
We found that people dependent on cannabis were more likely to commit violent crime - but to say our studies showed that cannabis itself caused violence is wrong
Dr Louise Arseneault
"After large doses of amphetamines, cocaine, LSD and PCP certain individuals may experience violent outbursts, probably because of pre-existing psychosis."
The report does not even bother to include cannabis in the list of potentially violence-inducing substances.
The US National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse said in its 1973 report, Marijuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding: "In sum, the weight of the evidence is that marijuana does not cause violent or aggressive behaviour.
This view is supported by the White House Conference on Narcotics 1962 and the President's Commission on Law Enforcement 1967.
Two of the most recent studies into the links between cannabis, mental health and violence, carried out among 1,000 young adults in New Zealand and published in 2000 and 2002, have been used as major planks in the cannabis causes aggression argument.
Yet Dr Louise Arseneault, the lead author on both studies, says her work has been misrepresented.
"We found that people dependent on cannabis were more likely to commit violent crime. But to say our studies showed that cannabis itself caused violence is wrong.
"We found it was not the substance that caused the violence, it was because heavy users were more likely to have a history of anti-social behaviour, bad parenting, failure at school, thieving and involvement in the illegal drug market.
"It is not because of consumption, it's because of past history.
"To say the paranoia created by smoking cannabis makes you more likely to be violent is a very big claim," she says, "there is no evidence for this."
While Harry J Anslinger's "monster marijuana" can certainly be blamed for a deterioration in the mental health in some users, its power as the driving force behind an endless string of murders and suicides is at present the stuff of fiction.
Psychoactive Substances and Violence, a 1994 report conducted by the US Justice Information Center, concluded: "Of all psychoactive substances alcohol is the only one whose consumption has been shown to commonly increase aggression.
We found that people dependent on cannabis were more likely to commit violent crime - but to say our studies showed that cannabis itself caused violence is wrong
Dr Louise Arseneault
"After large doses of amphetamines, cocaine, LSD and PCP certain individuals may experience violent outbursts, probably because of pre-existing psychosis."
The report does not even bother to include cannabis in the list of potentially violence-inducing substances.
The US National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse said in its 1973 report, Marijuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding: "In sum, the weight of the evidence is that marijuana does not cause violent or aggressive behaviour.
This view is supported by the White House Conference on Narcotics 1962 and the President's Commission on Law Enforcement 1967.
Two of the most recent studies into the links between cannabis, mental health and violence, carried out among 1,000 young adults in New Zealand and published in 2000 and 2002, have been used as major planks in the cannabis causes aggression argument.
Yet Dr Louise Arseneault, the lead author on both studies, says her work has been misrepresented.
"We found that people dependent on cannabis were more likely to commit violent crime. But to say our studies showed that cannabis itself caused violence is wrong.
"We found it was not the substance that caused the violence, it was because heavy users were more likely to have a history of anti-social behaviour, bad parenting, failure at school, thieving and involvement in the illegal drug market.
"It is not because of consumption, it's because of past history.
"To say the paranoia created by smoking cannabis makes you more likely to be violent is a very big claim," she says, "there is no evidence for this."
While Harry J Anslinger's "monster marijuana" can certainly be blamed for a deterioration in the mental health in some users, its power as the driving force behind an endless string of murders and suicides is at present the stuff of fiction.