With cannabis being legalised in Thailand and often touted as a “soft” drug on social media, tackling misperceptions has become a considerable challenge for Singapore’s zero-tolerance on drugs. On this episode of the Heart of the Matter podcast, our guests take on the myths and science around cannabis.
SINGAPORE: Having worked with at-risk youths as a volunteer, lawyer Firdaus Daud believes Singapore’s message of zero-tolerance towards cannabis should not be “purely deterrent and top down”.
“The sense that ‘cannabis is not harmful, won’t get me addicted’, I think that perception is real, but it’s a misperception,” he said.found that the starting average age of drug users in Singapore was about 16 years old. The most frequently consumed drug? Cannabis. Mr Firdaus was one of three guests on the Heart of the Matter podcast which included Dr Melvyn Zhang, a consultant with the National Addictions Management Service at IMH.
Dr Melvyn Zhang: Smoking weed as well as smoking nicotine predisposes you to the same kind of risk. If you are smoking weed over a longer period of time, it does result in respiratory difficulties, it does cause impact on your physical health. There are studies that demonstrated this.Dr Zhang: The active component in cannabis, which is delta-tetrahydrocannabinol , does act on the same areas of your brain as compared to when you're using alcohol when using heroin.
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