An article published on what is normally one of the "last bastions" of fair reporting 'The Times Online' has created some ripples today as cannabis users from the UK and further afield give their opinions on a news report entitled "Cannabis: 'just three drags on a skunk joint will induce paranoia'. You can sign up and leave a comment too, if you are so inclined.

The article goes on to tell the story of "Gerard - a 30 year old former banker from London, who relays his account of the effect "Skunk" has on him.

He then goes on to explain "When smoking "regular" weed or hash it keeps me calm and gives me a more amusing outlook on life."

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"With skunk, it’s a completely different story. Just three drags on a skunk joint will induce paranoia on a massive scale."

Gerard also struggles to get up in the mornings - probably a big part of why he is a "former" banker, who is now a self-employed designer;

He says ,"I’m not talking about the difference between a beer and a vodka shot. I’m talking about being unable to get out of bed in the morning because you feel paralysed, about being incapable of holding a conversation. I would like to think I’m a pretty lucid guy, but after smoking skunk I find myself struggling to string a sentence together. In the skunk haze of my student days, I would sometimes find myself unable to leave the house at all. It’s like a mild form of dementia."

As a result of Gerards personal experience with cannabis, The Times published a story to Google News which will ultimately go on to form part of the over-all anti-cannabis diatribe we are all subjected to daily.

Is there any wonder at all why the the world has such a confused view of what is really a hugely important social issue within the UK?

Sign of The Times?
Perhaps The Times would like to give some column inch's to the UK cannabis community, to give the other side of what is undoubtetly, a two-sided situation?

Maybe then someone will consider giving Gerard the advice he clearly needs to be given, rather than using his situation simply to sell newspapers. 

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