Enfance Sans Drogue

Lettre adressée aux candidats à la présidentielle

Sophie Pélissié du Rausas — 2012-04-02T00:05:00Z

Nous avons envoyé un courrier aux 10 candidats aux élections présidentielles de 2012 en leur posant la question :

Quelle politique en matière de toxicomanie comptez vous mener si vous êtes élu ?

Cette lettre a été envoyée à Mesdames et Messieurs :

Nathalie Arthaud, François Bayrou, Jacques Cheminade, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, François Hollande, Eva Joly, Marine Le Pen, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Philippe Poutou et Nicolas Sarkozy.

Vous pouvez consulter la lettre et les réponses que nous avons obtenues avec les liens suivants :

La lettre aux candidats à la présidentielle 2012

Réponse de M. François Hollande

Réponse de M. Nicolas Sarkozy

Réponse de M. Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

Réponse de Mme Marine Le Pen

Réponse de M. Jacques Cheminade

Dépénalisation du cannabis

Marie-Christine d'Welles — 2011-09-06T09:31:16Z

La dépénalisation du cannabis est une proposition criminelle

Dans l'excellent article du Figaro daté du 05 septembre 2011, le professeur Costantin, pharmacologue, Membre de l'Académie de mèdecine, rappelle que :

" La France est le premier consommateur européen de cannabis et ce n'est pas en légalisant cette drogue faussement douce que nous nous placerons le mieux." Il souligne aussi que :" En Suède, le respect des lois associé à une pédagofie efficace produit dix fois moins de toxicomanes que la moyenne européenne."

Il constate :" Le cannabis n'est pas un médicament, n'en déplaise à ceux qui vont jusqu'à proposer de confier sa commercialisation aux pharmaciens. il est prouvé que ses goudrons sont cancérigènes pour la gorge et les poumons ; il est démontré qu'il induit une dépression de l'immunité ; on lui doit artérites, infarctus du myocarde, accidents vasculaires cérébraux, cancer du testicule ; il menace le bon développement de la grossesse et du nourrisson ; il est responsable d'accidents dont le nombre est encore méconnu au travail, sur la route, dans la vie quotidienne ; la dépendance psychique est particulièrement forte avec les troubles de la mémoire, anxétés, dépressions et chez les plus jeunes une tendance à la polytoxicomanie, une augmentation des suicides et des troubles schizophrènes."

Table of psychotropic drugs

Support SPYRIT — 2011-06-01T17:45:30Z

In this table “street” drugs are named after their active ingredient. Medicines, written in bold, are given their laboratory names.

After approximately ten years, when the laboratory's exclusive rights to a product expire, other laboratories can release the same product under another name or under the name of its active ingredient.

For example:
Group Stimulant
Category Antidepressant
Active ingredient Fluoxetine
laboratory name prozac

STIMULANTS or Psychostimulant drugs

Amphetamines
- (RITALIN, Ecstasy - MDMA...)
Antidepressants
- (PROZAC, ZYBAN, ELAVIL, ZOLOFT, EFFEXOR…)
COCAINE

Sedative or psychoactive drugs

Sleeping pills or hypnotic drugs
Miscellaneous
-(STILNOX, IMOVANE, NOCTRAN...)
Benzodiazepines
(ROHYPNOL, HALCION, MOGADON ...)
Tranquillizers
Miscellaneous
- (ATARAX, ATRIUM ...)
Benzodiazepines
- (VALIUM, XANAX, LEXOMIL ...)
Anesthesics or narcotics
- (GHB, ETHER, PCP ...)
Neuroleptics, which depress the nervous system
- (HALDOL, LARGACTIL, DOGMATIL, NOZINAN...)
Opiates
- (HEROINE, CODEINE, SUBUTEX, METHADONE...)
Ethyl alcohol

Hallucinogenic or psychodisleptic drugs *

LSD
Solvents
- (ACETONE, ETHYLENE, BENZENE ...)
Mushrooms and other plants
- (PSYLOCIBINE, MESCALINE ...)
Tetrahydrocannabinol
- (CANNABIS, HASCHICH ...)

* drugs which affect the mind

Tableau des drogues psychotropes

Support SPYRIT — 2011-06-01T17:41:02Z

Dans le tableau ci-dessous, les drogues de la rue apparaissent sous le nom de leur principe actif. Les médicaments, en caractère gras, sont désignés sous leur nom de spécialité donné par le laboratoire.

Quand l'exclusivité du laboratoire expirera après une dizaine d'années, d'autres laboratoires pourront sortir le même produit sous d'autres noms ou sous celui de son principe actif.

Exemple de classification

GROUPE : EXCITANT
CATEGORIE : ANTIDEPRESSEUR
PRINCIPE ACTIF : FLUOXETINE
NOM DE SPECIALITE : PROZAC

EXCITANTS PSYCHOSTIMULANTS

AMPHETAMINES
- (RITALINE, ECSTASY - MDMA...)
ANTIDEPRESSEURS
- (PROZAC, ZYBAN, ELAVIL, ZOLOFT, EFFEXOR…)
COCAINE

SEDATIFS PSYCHODEPRESSEURS

SOMNIFERES (HYPNOTIQUES)
DIVERS
-(STILNOX, IMOVANE, NOCTRAN...)
BENZODIAZEPINES
(ROHYPNOL, HALCION, MOGADON ...)
TRANQUILISANTS (ANXIOLYTIQUES)
DIVERS
- (ATARAX, ATRIUM ...)
BENZODIAZEPINES
- (VALIUM, XANAX, LEXOMIL ...)
ANESTHESIQUES (NARCOTIQUES)
- (GHB, ETHER, PCP ...)
NEUROLEPTIQUES - qui dépriment le système nerveux
- (HALDOL, LARGACTIL, DOGMATIL, NOZINAN...)
OPIACES
- (HEROINE, CODEINE, SUBUTEX, METHADONE...)
ALCOOL ETHYLIQUE

HALLUCINOGENES PSYCHODYSLEPTIQUES *

LSD
SOLVANTS
- (ACETONE, ETHYLENE, BENZENE ...)
CHAMPIGNONS et AUTRES PLANTES
- (PSYLOCIBINE, MESCALINE ...)
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC)
- (CANNABIS, HASCHICH ...)

*qui perturbent l'esprit

Cannabis

Aurelie Foisil — 2011-05-10T08:12:37Z

HALLUCINOGENIC - PSYCHODYSLEPTIC (which upsets the mind)

Entry into drug addiction – Trap for teenagers – Vehicle to drug addiction

Introduction

HASHISH (chronic, hash, pot)	GRASS, MARIJUANA [dope, ganja, pot, skunk, weed]	CANNABIS OIL
Dried cannabis resin Sold in 0.1 to 0.2 ounce sticks or sheets or in 8.8 ounce blocks Smoked pure or mixed with tobacco, rolled in cigarette paper. Or taken in a bong or hash pipe	Dried and chopped cannabis leaves and flowers. Looks like tea leaves Smoked pure in a joint	Obtained by distilling cannabis leaves or resins. Can contain up to 60% of tetrahydrocannabinol psychoactive substance (THC) Smoked after having put one or more drops on a cigarette. It can also be eaten in cakes eg. Space cakes.

Two species of cannabis

INDICA CANNABIS: Indian hemp, high in THC. The leaf has 5 petioles. There are more than 100 varieties.

SATIVA CANNABIS: Textile cannabis with a very low concentration of the active ingredient THC–less than 0.3%. With its high content of fibers and its solidity, it is used to make ropes, textiles, industrial items and so on. Due to its low concentration of the THC it is unsuitable for "tripping".

MORE THAN 100 VARIETIES OF CANNABIS

Cannabis also, depending on its variety, contains quite powerful active ingredients, which correspond to different THC levels. With time, the user will have to increase the number of doses or take a higher dosed variety to achieve the initial effects. This is called habituation.

To give an example, let's take alcohol. Wine, beer, whisky, cognac, all contain powerful active properties which correspond to their different contents of alcohol. If one drinks the same amount of each separately, the effect of the alcohol will depend on its level in the beverage.

Today's cannabis varieties contain between 6 to 35 % of THC. This increase has been genetically engineered and illegally cultivated.

Cannabis seeds sold on the internet produce plants with a high content of THC – from 15 to 20% in average. Their specific names identify their effect and their strength, eg. Afghan, crystal, ganja, Mexican, white, skunk, special poison and so on.

We are far from the joints smoked in the Sixties. Then cannabis contained from 0.6 to 6% of THC and was used most of time in joints which were passed around a group.

Nowadays it is fashionable to get "stoned" on weekends and to consume cannabis and alcohol together.

ELIMINATION

Elimination time principle of half-life of a substance

This is the time needed by a body with no prior exposure to a substance to eliminate 50 % of it

Cannabis half-life and releasing

Half-life of cannabis is 96 hours or 4 days. It is stored in body fat for 28 days.

During this period the user will find it difficult to resist taking the drug. The more he takes the drug, the more the stocks are stored in the body fat. The product will be released in case of stress, fear –which accounts for scooter and car accidents – or anger. This is releasing.

The body tries to adapt to unsettling effects provoked by the product and enters quickly into a spiral of dependency and habituation.

CONSEQUENCES OF CANNABIS CONSUMPTION

Generally, there is a change in behavior, attitudes, acquaintances – a change of friends.

In the following list, keep in mind that no one is a match for drugs, the physiology of each person being different. The following signs do not necessarily occur simultaneously.

Respiratory problems (cough, chronic bronchitis)
Exhaustion
Dehydration (strong thirst)
Increased appetite
Weakening of the immune system
Violence
Cannabis intoxication
More carcinogenic than tobacco
Memory problems
Difficulties concentrating
Loss of will
Scholastic failure

Alteration in time and spatial perception
Abnormal decrease in spermatozoïdes, loss of masculinity
During pregnancy, cannabis goes through placenta and effects the unborn child
Loss of social compass, weakening of conscience
Schizophrenia, obsessions and hallucinations
Disorganized thoughts

Cannabis is a "gap" drug for the drug-addict

Cannabis is a good accompaniment for drug addiction. The drug addict uses it to calm himself down, to fall asleep, to "solve" his life problems etc. It is a so-called "gap" drug for the cocaine-addict, the heroin-addict, the amphetamine-user, etc

to stop

6 to 8 months are needed by the regular cannabis user to completely stop consumption. Do not forget that a consumer is under the influence of the product. Thus he does not have the will to resist it.

One has to decrease and then cease consumption one's self. Only abstinence allows a complete discontinuity of use without risk. Antidepressants are no substitutes, they seriously compromise the cessation.

Report by the French Science Academy

"The damaging effects of cannabis on psychic as well as physical health do exist. Cannabis alters memory in affecting the cerebral system, which allows information to filter and interferes in the process of memorizing. Cannabis affects the reproduction system. It weakens the body's immune system. Cannabis causes the user to experience a syndrome characterized by an indifference to life, lack of motivation, loss of interest in all activities, be they scholastic, sportive or cultural. Cannabis leads to using more powerful drugs simply because the body gets used to it".

A few reflexions

"Any strong cannabis addict does not inevitably become a heroin-addict. However we find that 90% of heroin-addicts were initially cannabis users […] At the same time we witness an impressive increase of criminality amongst youth, in relation to the abuse of so-called mild drugs."
Dr Koopman is a director of "Hope", a rehabilitation center in Holland

"The person who smokes cannabis with a high THC content quickly develops a strong addiction. […]Joints with high THC levels cause habituation in the consumer requiring higher and higher dosages to achieve his original high. […]We then witness withdrawal symptoms. […] In Holland, 70% of cannabis consumed in coffee shops is Nerdereit containing up to 35% of THC. Whereas in 1979, cannabis contained from 0.6 to 6 %."
Professor Ashton, School of Neurological Sciences, University of Newcastle (GB)

A few testimonies

"When you smoke all the time, stopping seems impossible. When you decide to take that first step, it is then that you realize how far you are from your normal self. It feels like you become yourself again. Can you underline yourself? (Silence)…It's really hard to stop."

Clotilde, aged 17, from an artistic background, Nancy, France

"Smoking makes you lose interest in everything. Nothing interests you… nothing. From the morning on you feel dizzy. Then day starts, you smoke a little joint…and it'll be the same again, we won't care about anything and about anyone…You have to tell them that."

Sabrina, aged 18, from an executive background, Toulon, France

Extracts of Et si on parlait du haschich, Marie-Christine d'Welles.

Documents à télécharger

Support SPYRIT — 2011-03-15T07:26:14Z

- Technique

A 7th grade boy

Aurelie Foisil — 2011-03-07T11:18:16Z

How do you help a friend who is doing drugs? How do you react without provoking them? - Testimonies of children

A 7th grade girl

Aurelie Foisil — 2011-03-07T11:18:14Z

How can you tell if something is spiked with drugs? How do you talk to your parents about drugs? - Testimonies of children

A 6th grade pupil

Aurelie Foisil — 2011-03-07T11:18:12Z

Why does one feel like taking drugs again after the first time? - Testimonies of children

A 6th grade boy from Marseille

Aurelie Foisil — 2011-03-07T11:18:10Z

It's my brother who's doing drugs. He's not going to school anymore, he wanders outside…When he comes back home he is violent and he fights with my mother. Sometimes I am really scared. Once he broke everything, I was so scared I hid under my bed. It's good to say you don't have to take it, Madam, I never will take any. - Testimonies of children