Potent Dope Causing Problems

[Tom]

Potent dope causing problems for Hawke's Bay Hospital

 

13.05.2004 2.10 pm

 

A particularly potent crop of marijuana has been putting pressure on Hawke's Bay Hospital's psychiatric unit, with unexpected numbers of young men admitted after smoking the drug.

 

Hawke's Bay District Health Board chief executive Chris Clarke told a meeting yesterday the sudden influx of patients was almost entirely due to cannabis use.

 

"Apparently this year's Hawke's Bay crop is particularly potent," he said.

 

The 22-bed mental health unit has a history of overcrowding, with patients in the past often required to sleep on mattresses on the floor.

 

With improved staffing and clinical practice during the past nine months, the average number of patients had dropped to 16.

 

However, the cannabis use had seen bed occupancy shoot from 14 to 24.

 

Chairman Kevin Atkinson said he was disturbed by the crop's effect. Even under normal circumstances 80 per cent of patients in the unit had used recreational drugs of some kind.

 

Detective Sergeant Tony Dewhirst of the Napier CIB said he had not heard of any specific crop causing problems, and wondered if P use could account for the influx of patients.

 

P was the usual cause of psychotic behaviour or extreme violence encountered by police, he said.

 

"But I do know the THC content (the active ingredient of cannabis) has skyrocketed in recent years -- the skunk varieties around now are extremely potent."

 

Hawke's Bay clinical psychologist Logan Elliot said marijuana on its own would not cause psychosis -- but it could bring out psychotic tendencies in people who were already borderline.

 

"They may act strangely, hear voices, feel they are being controlled by someone else or by the radio, and have severe mood fluctuations. It's really quite awful," he said.

 

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[calyx]

What is "P"? - CALYX.

[Luke Skywalker]

Bloody scaremongers.

[pixel]

Exactly, Luke...when you talk to old stoners from the 60s and 70s, the weed they smoked then was just as varied (some shitty some good) as it is now...isn't it? Tell me if I'm wrong.

[free choice]

so ... where can I get some ..

 

no news on Strain .... varities ... or growing method ...

 

some of that Hydro is head blown off stuff...

[F420]

I think that the biggest differences between todays weed and that of 2o years ago is simply from better communication.

 

Websites like this one are one cause, ie the more you know to grow a plant then the batter it will grow, better= stronger.

 

Also the internet has opened up the supply of seeds etc This in turn has allowed more specific breeding of the plants.

Eg- 20 years ago we grew what ever smoked good, if the buds were good we would grow the seeds.

Most buds back then were seeded also, sinse was hard to find and blood expensive.

 

long story short, I reakon its the internet and being able to grow perfectly thanks to grow sites and Seedbanks., not to mention technology in lighting etc.