Ngokombiko, irekhodi leziguli ezintsha ezingu-1,263 eScotland zafuna ukwelashwa ngokwengqondo ngonyaka odlule. Lesi sibalo sihlobene nalezo ziguli ezilashelwa izifo ezixhumene ne-cannabis. Ucwaningo selukhombisile phambilini ukuxhumana okuqinile phakathi kwe-cannabis nesifo sengqondo.
Njengoba kubikwe okokuqala yi-Daily Mail, Ukwamukelwa ezibhedlela zezifo zengqondo phakathi kwabasebenzisa iwunga kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-74 selokhu kwachithwa umuthi eScotland eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule, izibalo ziyabonisa.
Inani labangemuke laba linyuke lisuka ku-1191 ngo-2015/16 lacishe laphindeka kabili ezigulini eziyizi-2,067 ngonyaka odlule.
Kakade amazwe amaningana abhekane nokuphikisa lapho ethambisa imithetho yawo nge-cannabis. Isibonelo, amaphoyisa aseScotland ashintsha isiqondiso ngoJanuwari 2016, futhi kusukela lapho, lapho umuntu etholakala enensangu, esikhundleni sokubhekana nokushushiswa, uzonikezwa isexwayiso.
Inhlangano ethi "RETHINK Mental Health" ithi kuwebhusayithi yayo "Ukusetshenziswa njalo kwe-cannabis kuhlotshaniswa nengozi eyengeziwe yokukhathazeka nokudangala. Kepha ucwaningo oluningi lubonakala lugxile ekuxhumaneni phakathi kwe-psychosis ne-cannabis. Ukusebenzisa i-cannabis kungandisa ingozi yokugula kwengqondo kamuva, okuhlanganisa schizophrenia. Kunobufakazi obuningi obuthembekile obubonisa ukuxhumana phakathi kokusetshenziswa kwe-cannabis enamandla kanye nezifo zengqondo, kuhlanganise nesifo schizophrenia. "
Kungakho ochwepheshe abangewona amakhemisi baxwayisa ngezingozi zokugunyazwa ngokusemthethweni ngisho naleyo ebizwa ngokuthi “insangu elawulwayo” njengoba ibonakala ibhebhethekisa izinkinga zempilo yengqondo kuyilapho ivula umnyango wokwandisa izidakamizwa eziyingozi.
