A woman who used cannabis for most of her adult life has spoken of the damage the drug has done to her. Speaking to The Guardian under the alias Jodie Sharp, the recovering 62-year-old addict said smoking the Class B drug had caused her physical and mental health to deteriorate, leaving her “sick and tired”. In January, consultant psychiatrist Dr Tony Rao found an almost eight-fold rise between 2005 and 2021 in people over the age 55 accessing mental health services due to cannabis addiction. AddictionSharp said she had started smoking cannabis resin at 17 to rebel against her parents. I began to dream again.”DangersEarlier this year, in a letter to The Times, Professor Stuart Reece, of the University of Western Australia, warned that the health risks of cannabis use go well beyond mental health issues.

Source: The Guardian April 21, 2022 09:12 UTC