|
  |
|
|
Coroner's cannabis agenda brought into question
The agenda of a coroner who has called MP's dealing with the cannabis classification issue to look into the death of a supermarket worker from Doncaster has been questioned, after it turns out the suicide victim, Stuart Lester, had killed himself after taking "a number of ecstasy tablets". Ecstasy is a class A drug. Coroner Stanley Hooper entered the controversy about the reclassification of cannabis after hearing how a young man committed suicide while suffering from schizophrenia, allegedly brought on by cannabis use earlier in life. Mr Lester's body was found hanging from a bridge near a school in Doncaster. According to reports, the victim took a number of Ecstasy tablets before leaving his home in Essex Avenue, Intake, in the early hours of February 26 and used a rope to hang himself from the bridge near Danum School. It was not until after 6am that a passing motorist saw it and alerted police. Recording a verdict that Stuart Lester killed himself, Mr Hooper said he had been diagnosed as schizophrenic at the age of 17 and this was "thought to be brought on" by cannabis use as a child, although in the medical reports relating to Mr Lester's death there was no mention of whether he had recently used, and was therefore under the influence of cannabis at the time of his death, which brings into question the motivations behind the coroners announcement regarding cannabis, and the part it played in Mr Lester's suicide? Its not the first time a coroner has decided to take it upon himself to judge the legal position of cannabis. Back in January 08, Dr Louay Al-Alousi, of the University of Leicester, admitted making serious mistakes in the cases of two teenagers, saying their deaths were due to cannabis use when that was not the case. The Home Office pathologist had restrictions imposed on his ability to practice in January last year after he admitted professional misconduct before the General Medical Council (GMC) over the cannabis cases. Last year's GMC hearing was sparked by the refusal of Paul and Joanne Burgess, of Leicester Forest East, to accept Dr Al-Alousi's finding in relation to their son, James, said to have died as a result of using cannabis. The parents enlisted their own pathologist, while an independent coroner had a third expert examine James. Both agreed his death was due to an unsuspected heart condition which was in no way related to cannabis or its use. In spite of this, Dr Al-Alousi had signed off a death certificate which quoted cannabis as a direct cause of death. It seems as the government strive for public backing in the reclassification of the class C substance, the race is on to register the first credible "death" record as a direct result of cannabis use and it also appears the powers that be will use either fair means or foul, to bring about such a finding. In the meantime we already know 2008 will witness 10,000+ alcohol related death's, and that 90% of ALL drug related death's in the UK, will result from people using substances they have paid tax on? Which begs the question of why alcohol and tobacco, both lethal, highly addictive drugs, are not in the same category or higher, than cannabis? Its a question the government simply refuses to answer. But thats not to say the Canna Zine cannabis news portal will stop asking it.
|
Contributor's Note
Canna Zine - Daily zine for the global cannabis scene - Join us!
|
|
Source
No reactions yet.
Please login or sign up to rate this intel.
Please login or sign up to add a comment.
|
 |
|
Always the alleged link to schizophrenia is cited without any actual evidence by parents without any scientific knowledge, and unwilling to accept that either their son was going to develop schizophrenia anyway and cannabis use in no way 'brought it on', or that their parenting was at fault leading to a dislocation of their relationship. There's a good chance those starting to experience schizophrenia self medicate, and cannabis is freely available to the young to do just that. It may even help in some cases. The actual clinical evidence that cannabis causes schizophrenia is non existant, despite there being plenty of money available to fund research into just that.
There are now many people who started using the herb in the sixties, are now pensioners and in perfect health, yet it is constantly depicted as a young person problem rather than something many millions of adults choose to use for relaxation. The myths created by the ludicrous movie 'Reefer Madness' which started this witch hunt are still sculling around in uneducated and ignorant minds. Just shows the power of misinformation!
The copyright for this content entitled "Coroner's cannabis agenda brought into question" has been specified by the contributor as:
All Rights Reserved
This content may not be copied, distributed or adapted by anyone under any circumstances.
|
|
|
This intel was contributed by webhead
|
May, 2012
2008
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2009
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2010
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2011
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2012
January, February, March, April, May
|
|
Not a member yet?
Qondio is a powerful network for making it online. If you have a website to
promote, we can help.
Sign up and get in on the action.
|
|
Welcome to Qondio! Discover the awesome power this network can deliver by going to our About page. Or you could skip straight to the Sign Up form.
|
|
