I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!
I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!
I'm still waiting for those pics of your daughter, Grubber.
Supervision for man who grew cannabis
05:00 09/04/2013
A Washdyke timberyard worker has been sentenced to six months' supervision after 20 cannabis plants were discovered at his home.
Jason Troy Sadler, 34, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Timaru District Court to cultivating cannabis.
Police visited Sadler's Washdyke property on February 26. He admitted he had been growing cannabis and in the garage a large tent was discovered with 20 cannabis plants, between 30cm to 40cm high, under two heat lamps.
His lawyer said Sadler had a cannabis addiction and would like to address that. Previous counselling had failed because he was deaf and had no interpreter and had not been able to call to make appointments.
Judge Joanna Maze noted the charge had not been laid indictably as the plants were for Sadler's own use and not to be sold. The plants were well short of harvest.
http://www.legalhighs.co.nz/syntheti...partments/2013
Legal Highs users showing up in Emergency Departments
Written by Legal Highs NZ on April 5, 2013. Posted in Legal Highs, Synthetic Cannabis, Synthetic Cannabis News
Users that are concerned that they have overdosed on “Legal highs” are starting to become more and more prevalent in emergency departments.
Although alcohol is still by far the most serious problem according to Nelson Specialist Dr Tom Jerram.
Legal Highs are apparently becoming more problematic than illicit drugs say some frontline emergency medics.
There has been an increase in people going to the Nelson Hospital emergency department with symptoms brought on by synthetic cannabis products according to Dr Jerram. He was apparently concerned by the “legal anomaly” that allowed these drugs to be sold at dairies and other accessible outlets.
“It’s becoming more and more regular” Dr Jerram said, “In the last week I can think of five or six cases that I have been involved with that presented to ED as a direct result of these legal herbal highs, mostly synthetic marijuana”.
Nelson St John team leader Gary Tobin agreed with Dr Jerram and said paramedics had been treating more patients who had adverse reactions to, or had taken too many tokes of a herbal high.
The demographic is apparently young adults whom are abusing and not just ‘using’ the legal highs.
Dr Jerram said patients showed symptoms ranging from general agitation, to vomiting and altered behaviour. To his knowledge one patient had been admitted to intensive care.
Paramedics had seen patients become hyper-excited, psychotic or emotional, or show other mental disturbances, Mr Tobin said.
Dr Jerram said doctors were seeing more and more “cannabis hyperemesis” at the hospital – a condition causing repeated, protracted vomiting that affected heavy cannabis users after they quit smoking. “It took people a long time to realise that it was generally heavy marijuana users who got this. It seems like people who use the synthetic cannabis get a similar thing.”
Dr Jerram claims that legal highs posed a bigger problem for Nelson than illicit drugs such as cannabis or even methamphetamine, which he said was not all that common. “Compared with the amount of problems we see from marijuana, which is actually pretty minimal, we see a lot more with these legal highs,” he said.
One industry insider says that this is clearly because people are not comfortable going to hospital when they have issues stemming from illicit drug use, as they are concerned about the repercussions, so Dr Jerrams observation is somewhat accurate but doesn’t really show the full picture.
“I think alcohol still causes far and away most of our problems. But, in Nelson anyway, the legal highs would be significantly more of a problem than illicit drugs.” says Dr Jerram.
That was both because they were more readily available and more people seemed to be using synthetic drugs, some thinking it was a good way to quit illicit substances.
Mr Tobin said St John’s staff were concerned about the trend too, noting that most cases of drug abuse are never seen by medical professionals.
“If we are getting called to a few there will be a hell of a lot more we don’t see, people who self present, or whose friends or family take them up to A and E, or people who are just cared for at home or in the community by their friends until they recover.”
Paramedics were specialists in recognising and dealing with symptoms rather than attributing symptoms to a cause, he said. “It’s not so much having an antidote for a herbal high, it’s seeing somebody who is in distress and doing what you can to keep them safe until they get better.”
Generally the main issues seem to be when people are abusing the products, consuming too much in one sitting or mixing with large amounts of alcohol.
Advice – What do to if you have an over dose on synthetic cannabis or legal highs?
Stay calm
Focus on your breathing and try to relax, think of something happy
Go for a small walk, spend some time with a pet or go lie down
Remember that the effects will wear off within 20 minutes and continue to drop off for up to 45 – 60 minutes
Consume a sugary or caffeinated drink or something to eat, this can help move the cannabinoids out your system
Relaxing teas, chamomile, peppermint, green tea or a milk drink can help relax you
Sometimes an alcoholic beverage may help lower anxiety, but is not recommended to consume heavy amounts of both
Anti-anxiety medication such as benzodiazepines can help in severe cases
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/n...am-legal-highs
Medics slam 'legal highs'
JAMES GREENLAND
Last updated 13:00 04/04/2013
"Legal highs" have become more problematic than illicit drugs, say frontline emergency medics.
More people are going to the Nelson Hospital emergency department with symptoms brought on by synthetic cannabis products, specialist Tom Jerram said. He was concerned by the "legal anomaly" that allowed drugs to be sold at dairies and other accessible outlets.
"Working in the emergency department you are almost sort of a canary in a coalmine.
"You get an idea of what's going on and trends, and we are seeing more and more problems with young people who use these [synthetic marijuana products].
"It's becoming more and more regular. In the last week I can think of five or six cases that I have been involved with that have presented to ED as a direct result of these legal herbal highs, mostly synthetic marijuana," Dr Jerram said.
Synthetic drug analogues or "legal highs" have been under scrutiny this week after a Nelson user was admitted to intensive care and concerns were raised about dairies selling them to young people.
Nelson St John team leader Gary Tobin agreed with Dr Jerram and said paramedics had been treating more patients who had adverse reactions to, or taken too many tokes of, a herbal high.
Mr Tobin said he conducted a straw poll of six paramedics and all but one had been to a job on their last shift "where a major contributing factor has been the use of herbal highs like Kronic or K2".
He was unsure whether St John treated more males or females for legal high symptoms, but said "the demographic is certainly teenagers and young adults, from 14 up to 22, that sort of range".
He said legal highs were catching up on alcohol, which was still the most common cause of substance abuse-related callouts for ambulance staff.
Dr Jerram had noticed no obvious demographic of legal high abusers turning up at Nelson Hospital.
He said patients showed symptoms ranging from general agitation, to vomiting and altered behaviour. To his knowledge one patient had been admitted to intensive care.
Paramedics had seen patients become hyper-excited, psychotic or emotional, or show other mental disturbances, Mr Tobin said.
"Hyper ventilation is quite common. We have had episodes where they have had convulsions, brief episodes of unconsciousness or seizures, nervous twitching."
Dr Jerram said doctors were seeing more and more "cannabis hyperemesis" at the hospital - a condition causing repeated, protracted vomiting that affected heavy cannabis users after they quit smoking. "It took people a long time to realise that it was generally heavy marijuana users who got this. It seems like people who use the synthetic cannabis get a similar thing."
Dr Jerram said legal highs posed a bigger problem for Nelson than illicit drugs such as cannabis, or even methamphetamine, which he said was not all that common. "Compared with the amount of problems we see from marijuana, which is actually pretty minimal, we see a lot more with these legal highs," he said.
"I think alcohol still causes far and away most of our problems. But, in Nelson anyway, the legal highs would be significantly more of a problem than illicit drugs."
That was both because they were more readily available and more people seemed to be using synthetic drugs, some thinking it was a good way to quit illicit substances.
"As a healthcare professional and as a parent it really worries me," Dr Jerram said.
Mr Tobin said St John's staff were concerned about the trend too, noting that most cases of drug abuse are never seen by medical professionals.
"If we are getting called to a few there will be a hell of a lot more we don't see, people who self present, or whose friends or family take them up to A and E, or people who are just cared for at home or in the community by their friends until they recover."
Paramedics were specialists in recognising and dealing with symptoms rather than attributing symptoms to a cause, he said. "It's not so much having an antidote for a herbal high, it's seeing somebody who is in distress and doing what you can to keep them safe until they get better."
Just proves it is all about availability. If dope was as readily available as Alcohol and the "legal highs" it would be the same issue. As I said a long time and many pages ago, for every person who exercises restraint and self control there are a million others who don't. This is why I don't support the legalisation of Cannabis.
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Or maybe its to do with people treating unsafe, untested legal drugs in the same fashion as tested and well known marijuana, the places where it is legal have not seen these problems, also marijuana is quite available if you look in the right places and is quite prevalent (atleast 75% of those I know under 40 years old use it, even occasionally)
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