Focus on Cannabis and the Law

This guide is an essential resource for research, it will inspire discussion and provide young people with understanding of this complex issue.

Topics covered in this guide:
• What is Cannabis?
• What would happen if Cannabis was legal?
• Young people and drugs
and many more...

This up-to-date and accessible guide provides a concise overview of this issue in a clear and helpful form. Young people who need information on this issue will find it in these attractive and relevant pages. As the guide itself explains:

Cannabis is a type of flowering plant which produces a drug that can alter someone’s mental state (a psychotropic drug called THC).

Cannabis is probably the most common illegal drug in the UK. In law it is known as a class B drug. The penalty for possession can be up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.

Cannabis comes in three different forms: Grass, marijuana or weed; hash or solid and cannabis oil.

Alcohol and drug problems in young people seem to be declining but some still need help. The majority of young people in treatment have a range of problems related to their substance use. Girls are more likely to report mental health problems and self-harming while boys are more likely to be involved in antisocial behaviour and not be in education, employment or training.

This guide is a 20 page downloadable PDF - you can print as many copies as you need.

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