“Cutting the Grass”: A Cannabis Users Support Group
SSJ runs a range of addiction services across Hampshire. Recently, the Southampton Drugs teams have noted a rise in the amount of people presenting to the service using cannabis in a problematic way. Over the last year, Southampton Drug Services engaged over 550 Service Users in treatment. Of those, just under a third admitted using cannabis regularly, with a fifth of all clients attending these services expressly stating cannabis was their main drug of choice.
In particular the Drug Intervention Programme, which is for drug users within the criminal justice system, has seen an increase in exclusively for referrals for problematic cannabis users. With the success of recent Police initiatives and the rising cost of cannabis, some clients have reported funding their drug habit by committing crime.
With the rise in presentations to the service for cannabis use, and the obvious impact this...
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