Auckland, August 15 2001
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1. New Zealand Herald: Young Suicides Used Cannabis, Inquiry Told
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Young Suicides Used Cannabis, Inquiry Told
by Martin Johnston and Mathew Dearnaley, New Zealand Herald, Thu, 16 August 2001
More than half of a group of youth suicide victims checked for drugs had been using cannabis.
Figures from a review of cases were given to the parliamentary health select committee's
cannabis inquiry yesterday in Auckland.
Fourteen of 25 young people who killed themselves in 1997 and 1998 tested positive for
cannabis, scientist Dr Keith Bedford said.
But Dr Bedford, the forensic programme manager for the Institute of Environmental Science
and Research ( ESR ), said the figures were weak because most suicide victims were not
checked for drugs. ...
Full Article (also mentions Greg Soar and Adrian Picot)
