'hundreds of deaths a year'

[FUCKOFFWANKERS]

Britain's most senior coroner is warning that hundreds of young people are dying in accidents caused by their prolonged use of cannabis.

 

Hamish Turner, the president of the Coroners' Society, said that the drug, which is often portrayed as harmless, has increasingly been behind deaths that have been recorded as accidents or suicides.

 

In the past year, he estimated that cannabis was a significant contributory factor in about 10 per cent of the 100 cases that he had dealt with in south Devon, where he works.

 

Conversations with his colleagues led him to believe that the scale of the problem elsewhere in the country was equally bad. "Cannabis is as dangerous as any other drug and people must understand that it kills," said Mr Turner.

 

"From my long experience I can say that it is a very dangerous substance. Increasingly it is mentioned not only as the first drug taken by people who overdose, but also in suicides and accidental deaths.

 

"It is an awful waste of young lives. People are trying the drug at a very young age. Many go on to harder drugs and I am dealing with more and more heroin overdoses. People can also suffer severe consequences from the cannabis alone, however.

 

"Bereaved parents say to me, 'We didn't realise how dangerous it was until it was too late, if only we had done something'. It is heartbreaking."

 

I got this from Doctor bongs news just thought it was interesting and VERY WRONG :angry:

[pipeman]

he probably does a tox screen for every autopsy and if he finds traces of MJ in the system writes it up as a contributing factor. Maybe he's trying to create some publicity for himself, or maybe he's just a dickhead. Could be both, I'm not sure.

[wade ounce]

yeah pipeman , just another ignorant fuckwit trying to cash in

[Buddy]

Yeah, some unknown little twit has now got his name in the local rag.....so now he's happy.

Maybe he's runing for an election or something