The National 10 June 2015
Marijuana grown
in Papua New Guinea has a high cannabis content that can damage the brain says
an officer of the National Narcotics Bureau.
Education and
Awareness officer Lawrence Tau said many young people have become mentally ill
from smoking PNG marijuana that has the highest cannabis content in the world.
Countries selling the product overseas have rated the PNG marijuana as A grade
or green gold, he said.
Tau said that
marijuana contained 421 chemicals. The one that was most dangerous was THC
(tetrahydrocannabinol) which would cause neurological disorders in the brain.
Brain function
among those who smoke marijuana may malfunction because the toxins from the
cannabis destroy brain cells.
Tau said it was
a bad idea to commercialize marijuana.
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