Re: ADHD blamed for illegal drug use and crime

Stan Mould wrote:
> 
> "Phil Stovell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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.

actually people have been smoking cannabis for several thousand years -- way
more than 1902 of them.

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