by Guest Fri Feb 11 2011, 09:30
What Lew has said about the dangers of cannabis to the young I would like to enforce. Im not against the odd spliff, in fact I'm of the opinion to each their own when it comes to any drug; tobacoo, alcohol or illegal varities. This is to do with "modern cannabis" usage and the young. I will try to tell the tale of a lad I was close to. A lad who I spent 12 years of my life with. I wasn't his father but he would send me fathers days cards. He should have been 22 years young today. Sadly he isn't. He has been dead 3 years in March. The root cause of his death I do not know but it was something to do with paracetomol & a failed liver transplant. Cannabis it-self did not kill him. But the effects on his developing young mind aided his demise. This is difficult. My last proper contact with him was the day before his 18th birthday. 4 years ago, strange how time passes. He turned up on the doorstep of where I was living & kicked off. Went crazy my friends. By this time my relationship with his mum was over & I was moving on with my life & had a 9 year old to look after. It was the cannabis that made him act like that. Something in it affected him. It doesn't do that to every kid who uses it but maybe as many as 1 in 1000 do suffer. It changes them. They go from suicidal to amazingly agressive in the blink of an eye (for those of you who know steroid abusers think X10). They are unlucky. They do not deserve to suffer an existance of continued mental illness for being kids and experimenting but they just do. He was always a handfull, a challenging kid, a maverick. I always remember at age 11 he ran away from school and had several family members, many teaching staff and a good handfull of Canterbury constabulary searching for him and all he done was hide in a field of rape seed with half a packet of fags. When the kid finally turns up 7.30 in the evening you don't know wether to choke or cuddle 'em lol. I have since found out he tried his 1st spliff at age 11. WOW. Far too young. And from what I know the usage just escalted. For those who say cannabis isn't additive I say bullsh*t. From what I've found out in the end he was rolling up an 1/8th of an ounce of skunk weed per spliff and smoking many of those a day. Cannabis can be theraputic & medicinal. It can also cause untold damage. Much more research, as with all drugs, is required. But people, cannabis, the strong THC content skunk strains, and the young do not mix. Before me & his mum split I was aware of his using it. I didn't realise how much. I spoke to him about it. I tried to realate with him that some cider & spliff out the park on a Friday was a rite of passage but limits must be respected. Unfortunately I obviously didn't get thro' to him. As I said by the time of his fall into despair, me & his mum were no longer a couple. Believe me when I say that me & her no longer speak unless absolutely necessary (that 9 year old is now a stroppy 13 lol). But still I kept as much contact as I could. So many people (his real Dad was maybe the main one)tried to help him and get him help but it just wasn't ever enough. This is why I know so little of the end game. I have done some asking about tho'. The "gentlemen" dealing him were guys of my age, 1 or 2 personally known to me, or there abouts. Strangely they were loathe to speak to me (I wonder why ?)but the little hanger-on's these kind of people surround them-selves with did talk. They told me that the stuff sold to kids was often cut with furniture polish to bulk it out. Can you believe that ? Not only are these kids taking on vast quantities of cannaboids & THC they are also ingesting Mr fcuking Sheen. WTF is that doing
to them ? Seriously guys I'm sorry to get maudlin but it's hit hard tonight for possibly the 1st time in awhile, I'm sitting typing this crying silent tears. Went for a beer tonight to see friends and lift meself a bit and you know what ? I should have been having a beer with that lad celebrating his 22nd Birthday. What Lew says about the beds being filled with youngsters suffering from mental problems is a sad fact and if ever you hear kids "bigging" up the weed FFS tell them to be carefull, think long & hard about this sh*t & if needs be relate this tale or one very similar to them . . . . .
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