Comments on: Talk to Frank messes with your mind

By: cannabi4men

cannabi4men — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:05:47 +0000

As far as im concerned cannabis is only illegal because the government havn`t found a way to put tax on it, and all these scare tactics they use are rubbish, cannabis should be a personal choice as is tobbaco and alchohol and personaly i used to suffer from acute anxiety attacks and cannabis was the only thing that gave me relaxation and i will continue to use it. I also have experienced these “PANIC ATTACKS” wich yes can be scary but it happens to everyone at least once and you either recognise what they are and chill out or cannabis isnt for you and as for the governments tactics why is it they never get the perspective of anyone who has used it and can tell the beneficial factors from personal experience like me, but they will never do that so all we can do is light up and chill.

By: Archibald

Archibald — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:09:16 +0000

The current situation with regard to cannabis law is ludicrous & flies in the face of the facts.Alcohol & tobacco are far more harmful & also addictive.Of course any drug should be used rather than abused-alcohol being a prime example.Cannabis,used wisely,has a number of medical benefits & trials are being run for the treatment of M.S.It also helps sufferers of arthritis & can also,being a euphoric,help to lift depression.UKCIA are to be commended.Will we ever have an enlightened society ?

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By: phrtao

phrtao — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:51:15 +0000

This campaign seems not to take account of the psychology of the teenage mind. Danger does not put them off , neither does ruining their later lives. In fact if it seems dangerous and wrong (but really is not wrong in the experience of their peers) it makes it all that much more attractive. In short ‘Talk to Frank’ adds to the romance of the whole thing for young people.
When I was a teenager it was the (Nancy Reagan inspired) ‘just say no’ campaign – which mainly focussed on heroin as the danger and made little mention of cannabis. As an uneducated teenager I sort of reasoned that if all these pop stars like Paul McCartney et al smoked it and were still lucid and able to turn out good music then weed was not that bad. It would not have occurred to me to ever listen to something like the “frank” campaign.

They could of course mention the real dangers of cannabis such as adulterated supply, criminal and violent dealers, the dangers of mixing it with tobacco and the social isolation that an enthusiast for this kind of activity receives. But they can’t since these problems are all made much worse by prohibition and most could be largely eradicated by legalisation and regulation.
(If you find the word ‘enthusiast’ inappropriate then compare with alcohol use – no one says it is wrong to be a wine connoisseur or a real ale enthusiast do they)

A good campaign against the use of cannabis should be able to sway a hardened ‘addict’ (or ‘connoisseur’ – take your pick) of over 20 years as well as a teenager. To target the campaign at a defined social group when the ‘problem’ occurs throughout society is silly. Where is the campaign targeted at 30, 40 or 50 somethings since many of them are also users. Maybe this would invite too much comment and discussion. Compare with the anti-smoking (tobacco) campaigns and it does look like an oversight doesn’t it !

By: andria

andria — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:40:10 +0000

Dear ALL,

What I want to know is how many teenagers are likely to read the damn thing anyway, even if it wasn’t largely scare-scaremongering and thus a bit useless? Seriously, do any of you have any idea of what percentage of children are likely to go on-line only to be told not to do cannabis?!
I remember my teens: I’d rather do drugs, OR read scientific books about drugs. I totally ignored anything like “Talk To Frank” as it was meaningless to me

What a[nother] waste of tax-payers hard earned money

I dunno, i really don’t

Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt MSc

P.S: OK so I was one of yr more educated teens but still i ask how many nowadays are likely to go to that site and successfully be deterred? if you go to the site in the first place, you are going because you are a) into drugs Already, or b) studying them

I rest my case

By: Blair Anderson

Blair Anderson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:34:43 +0000

Talk to Frank has been promoted on New Zealand television by visitors (speakers) at the recent pre-Vienna “through the maze” Healthy Drug Policy Symposium. The usual political grandstanding that there will be no revision of the law surrounding cannabis due to the emerging social, mental and criminal ‘dangers’ characterises the media coverage. However that rhetoric should not distract from the substantial networking ‘value’ of the symposium.

By: dragon83uk

dragon83uk — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:05:26 +0000

I’m really sorry but I fail to see where the surprise is here. This is from the same government that has proven time and time again that they aren’t going to allow any drug policies to enter in to the grounds of common sense or scientific evidence.
The thing people need to remember is that this isn’t Talk to frank, this is Talk to brick wall!

By: Grundig365

Grundig365 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:23:42 +0000

i personally think its sick that a website thats sposed to be a beneficial to the youth of this country is lying to the very people who come to it for honest, factual information… its sad, the way politics is going these days…much respect to the people at UKCIA for making an effort to sway people from listening to such ridiculous advice..

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