NCPIC Conference: Cannabis linked to school dropout rate

[grace]

Researchers say the age at which teenagers first use cannabis has an impact on whether they are likely to graduate from high school.

 

Data from three studies carried out in Australia and New Zealand has been combined by a group called the Cannabis Cohort Research Consortium.

 

Otago University's Professor David Fergusson says the findings show that the earlier teenagers begin to use cannabis, the bigger the impact it has on whether they will complete year 12.

 

"The early use of cannabis may have a ... substantial impact on education and it may be this impact on education that is the biggest issue with cannabis of all," he said.

 

The results have been presented at a conference run by the National Cannabis Propaganda and misInformation Centre in Sydney.

 

Date: 7 September 2009

Source: ABC News

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09...?section=justin

 

grace LLB

15 yr old dropout

[MadamePandora]

Should be able to use this as an argument to legalise and regulate then ...

 

As it's obvious the tactics they have used for years have not prevented their alleged problems from occurring.

[Crunchy]

cant the same thing be said for alcohol? and alcohol effects kids much younger, i just saw a news report litterally 5 mins ago about the huge amount of 12-14 years old that drink.

[mull]

Good one Grace. Fantastic to see ncipc have announced their true ancronym..

 

Another red herring.

 

Graduating from year 12.. pfft.. How bout all those students who leave for work, family businesses, trades, trainee-ships, pre-apprenticeships etc etc etc.

 

Oh please Kevin, give us more funding to waste demonizing herb.

 

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Title Cannabis Cohort Research Consortium

Description The Cannabis Cohort Research Consortium brings together a wide range of researchers with the broad aim to plan, conduct and disseminate cannabis, research in a number of priority areas. Specifically, the Consortium aims to;

- identify limitations in knowledge on patterns of cannabis use and harms

- examine these limitations through secondary data analysis

- provide health and policy relevant feedback to the community and health professionals

Status Ongoing

Researchers

 

* Delyse Hutchinson

* Richard Mattick

* Edmund Silins

* Jennifer McLaren

* Louisa Degenhardt

* Wendy Swift

* Jan Copeland <<<<<

* Marian Shanahan

* Greg Martin

* Laura Vogl

* Lucy Burns

* John Howard

* Tim Slade

* Maree Teesson

[MadamePandora]

it would be handy to be able to examine the actual study they took the info from, and see what other reasons they did or did not consider as reasons why people leave school without completing year 12

[bufo marinus]

I always thought that was what the NCPIC stood for grace

Nice addition mullaway, what the fuck is Jan Copeland doing? That media tart just can't help herself, lumping her in with a group of 'researchers' shows the calibre of the argument. I wonder if they all went out and got on the piss after all the hoopla?

I really wish I would have gone to Sydney, I wanted to wear my suit and clash heads with those people but was busy doing other crap.

Glad the crew from Nimbin made the effort

[420 HELI]

Geebuz... more government funded propaganda, will it never end? I think they are missing the major point... these people "mostly" don't finish school because they are fuckups... they start smoking weed because they are fuckups... and now, we have a fuckup smoking weed that didnt finish school so its all the weeds fault... not because they are just fuckups... sigh

 

[Radic]

yes more BS from NCPIC

now they are scape goating cannabis because all their schools sux

they are a culture of bullies

and that is what one learns from the school experence

big biz bullies the gov

the gov bullies the teachers

the teachers bully the kids

you cant blame the youth

let the truth be known

there are studies that prove that THC increases ones IQ by 10%

increases ones consintration ability

THC will releave stress

what better way to study is there

that was the point wasnt it

i bet they didnt ask obamma or any of the other harvard graduates

 

the struggle gos on

forward ever

free cannabis

free the children

free the world

[chuffer]

Finding a correlation is meaningless. Leaving it open in a statement like that to imply causality is downright dishonest.

[grace]

Geebuz... more government funded propaganda, will it never end? I think they are missing the major point... these people "mostly" don't finish school because they are fuckups... they start smoking weed because they are fuckups... and now, we have a fuckup smoking weed that didnt finish school so its all the weeds fault... not because they are just fuckups... sigh

 

 

English Lesson for 420 HELI

 

Just a few spelling errors

 

didnt - didn't

its - it's