Cannabis referendum misses the point
NewsRoom 14 October 2020
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/cannabis-referendum-misses-the-point
David Menkes is alarmed at how the current debate has scarcely mentioned cannabis-induced psychosis. He explains why.
We note this comment:
As frontline hospital doctors, my colleagues and I are alarmed at how the current debate scarcely mentions cannabis-induced psychosis. This is a prevalent and serious clinical problem, unmissable in acute psychiatric wards around the country, and doubly worrying because of the profound and sometimes irreversible social and occupational disability that can result.
