Re: ADHD blamed for illegal drug use and crime

"Phil Stovell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:35:15 +0000 in talk.politics.drugs, Paul
Burridge
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:04:54 GMT, Jasbird
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>The number of young offenders with Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity
> >>Disorder (ADHD) is increasing, says the Crown Prosecution
Service.
> >>Youth court solicitors are calling for more training to make
sure
> >>juveniles with ADHD are treated fairly.
> >
> >I suspect kids with this condition developed it as a result of
being
> >brought up in severely dysfunctional families. Ergo, bang up the
> >parents.
>
> I suspect cannabis causes ADHD.

Not so.

AD/HD is caused by an imbalance of neuro-transmitters.

It was first identified by the English physician, George Still in
1902, well before people smoked cannabis.

Indeed, a German physician (can't remember the name for now) talked
of the condition in the late 19th century.