Experts warn about dangers of cannabis

By Pamela McGowan Health reporter

Last updated at 13:07, Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Experts are warning of the dangers of cannabis after a number of recent cases involving the drug.

Paul Brown

Last week an inquest heard how 22-year-old John Robson, of Whitehaven, died when his car crashed at 120mph.

Tests showed he had been smoking cannabis, which coroner David Roberts said may have played a part.

A few days earlier, Carlisle man Lee Maddison admitted in court that he had been smoking the drug since he was just eight resulting in a habit costing him 100 a day.

A judge told the 27-year-old, who now suffers from mental health problems, that his cannabis dependency was probably to blame for his psychological issues.

Now local drug experts have issued a warning about the dangers of cannabis which they say is often wrongly portrayed as a safe drug.

Paul Brown, of the Cumbria Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service (CADAS), said he was particularly concerned to hear that someone as young as eight was using cannabis.

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