* Cannabis: what teenagers need to know *

[Henk Elegeert]

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PANORAMA

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SUNDAY 19 JUNE 2005 22:15 BST - BBC ONE
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* Cannabis: what teenagers need to know *

Panorama explores the latest scientific research on the
effects of cannabis on the human mind. In particular, the
programme will look at the growing evidence of links between
cannabis and psychotic illness in young people.

British youngsters are using Cannabis earlier and smoking
more of it than any previous generation. Most don't even
think of it as a drug, and the popular perception is that it
has no serious long-term effects. However, the truth is
that, until very recently, very little was known about how
cannabis actually affects developing brains.

The programme meets young people who have developed
psychotic illnesses after heavy cannabis use and speaks to
the psychiatrists who have found links between users'
genetic makeup and the risk of developing mental illness.

Featuring the work of scientists who have used the latest
technology to look inside peoples' heads and see - quite
literally - how cannabis changes the way people think. It
meets the scientist whose unpublished new research suggests
that cannabis can cause long-term chemical changes in users'
brains and supports the idea that it can be a "gateway"
making users more likely to take other drugs.

Watch the programme trailer:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40629000/rm/_40629476_trail_vi.ram

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/pn/-/1/hi/programmes/panorama/default.stm

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