I cried when I read your Diaries' I cried for your son, for you and for the other members of your fa

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I cried when I read your Diaries. I cried for
your son, for you and for the other members of
your family. I also cried for myself and for my
son who died in October 2004. He was 18 and had
been smoking cannabis for 2 years and had become
paranoid and depressed. He was found dead in a
car park of a tower block after falling from one
of the landings.
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Im sitting here in my office trying not to let
my colleagues see the tears in my eyes after
reading your diary. They are tears for you and
for what happened to my daughter and my family
after she became addicted to skunk, becoming
disturbed and demented, giving up on life.
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Tomorrow is the anniversary of my sons death. He
was 19, and had been smoking skunk since he was
13. The mood swings, violence, stealing and
blatant disregard of family rules were more than
the family could take. He became schizophrenic
and died in a filthy flat from a heroin overdose.
I am so glad you have gone public with your
story what we have to remember is that none of
us are alone.
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PARENTAL ACTION GROUP WHAT WE WANT TO SEE

• A NATIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION CAMPAIGN to promote
  awareness of the dangers of cannabis on the
  mental health of children and teenagers.
• PREVENTATIVE DRUG EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS beginning
  in primary years.
• RECLASSIFICATION OF CANNABIS BACK TO CLASS B to
  send out a powerful message that smoking cannabis
  in childhood and teen years is highly dangerous.