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Radio NZ interview's Prof Richie Poulton: How does cannabis use affect New Zealanders' health?

Saturday 6th June 2020

Radio NZ interview's Prof Richie Poulton: How does cannabis use affect New Zealanders' health?

"The risks of developing psychosis after cannabis use are significant for teenagers, but if it was legalised, it would make it easier to teach high school students about the risks, says the director of New Zealand's longest running study"..........................click here to read more and listen to the podcast.

For more information on the consequences of using cannabis go to cannabisreferendum.co.nz

This is based on the recent Royal Society of New Zealand paper which uses evidence from the Dunedin Study and the Christchurch Study,  Patterns of recreational cannabis use in Aotearoa-New Zealand and their consequences: evidence to inform voters in the 2020 referendum.

 

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