More Danes Calling Poison Control Centres as a Result of Cannabis Use
Last month’s annual report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has revealed that Danish cannabis is Europe’s strongest by far.
However, Metroxpress reports that according to figures it has obtained from Giftlinjen, Denmark’s poison control hotline, the use of marijuana has resulted in the number of Danes calling poison control centres to skyrocket in recent months.
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The figures revealed that last year, Giftlinjen received a total of 203 calls concerning cannabis overuse. The number of Danes seeking help at hospitals for the same reason has also increased.
Henrik Rindom, an expert who specializes in drug addiction, believes two factors explain the spike in numbers.
“Marijuana has become much stronger than before. But another factor could be that doctors have become more observant,” he said to Metroxpress.
“There may now be a tendency to identify marijuana as the actual cause when people...
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