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Good day fellow Harm Preventers!
 
Trust your term break was refreshing… Please not the excellent resource/data below for you file/use…
 
 
NIDA's Dr Nora Volkow Discusses Marijuana's Effects on the Brain, Body & Behaviour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RSDnLSU3owc
 
 
The World's Favourite Drug Is More Dangerous Than You Think, UN Says

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/27/un-world-drugs-report_n_5534768.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
 
 
Marijuana / Cannabis and Schizophrenia

www.schizophrenia.com/prevention/streetdrugs.html


This is not an anti-marijuana organization. It is a SCHIZOPHRENIA treatment organization!  It references more than 30 different scientific studies. A study of 50,000 people in Sweden found that teens who were heavy users of marijuana at age 18 were over 600% more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia in the next 15 years!  (The study was done in 1987!)


Experts estimate that between 8% and 13% of all schizophrenia cases are linked to marijuana/cannabis use during teen years.
 
 
RESOURCES:


o   Good source for data on marijuana and its health consequences, go to:

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana.


o   Resources on other drug policy issues, go to:

http://globaldrugpolicy.org/


o   INFO GRAPH on Australian AOD use:

http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/infographics/alcohol-and-drugs-affect-everyone-infographic
 

Yours in helping kids make smarter, healthier and safer choices!

Education Team
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