Re: ADHD blamed for illegal drug use and crime

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:29:35 -0000, "Stan Mould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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:
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>> >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.

Cannibis has been linked to the precipitation of schizophrenia in some
individuals, however. Perhaps that's what he was getting mixed up
with.
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