ABOUT CanSS

Cannabis Skunk Support (CanSS) is a new registered charity currently run and funded principally by volunteers.

Its mission is to raise awareness of the continuing and growing threat to children, teenagers and their families, posed by cannabis use.

The Charity was born out of the desperation of parents with children suffering from behavioural and mental problems as a result of drug taking, typically cannabis.

It is acknowledged widely that cannabis can act as a gateway drug to other harmful drugs.

Government figures show that the age of initiation (9 or 10) is falling, the average age of first use is now 13 and among 14/15 year olds, cannabis/skunk is their drug of choice.

Cannabis has changed and around 80 to 90% of the drug seized is now Skunk. This is a different and far stronger drug that was available in the sixties and seventies.

Cannabis use causes impairment of the brain functioning leading to changes in personality, cognitive problems, in some cases, addiction, psychosis and even schizophrenia. Not to mention damage to the cardiac, immune, reproductive and respiritory systems. The consequences of use, if not necessarily life-threatening, can result in lasting damage to health, education and employment prospects.

The challenge for us all, and our purpose is to communicate to the widest possible audience, the huge threat posed by the drug epidemic facing society, which arises principally from Government failure to prevent increasing numbers of children and young people being drawn into the drugs culture.

This charity was originally called 'Talking about Cannabis'.The name has been changed to Cannabis Skunk Support to reflect the increasing availability and use of skunk but is still run by the same committee.There is still a website called 'Talking About Cannabis' but it is completely independent of the charity.

William Bell, the son of the founder of TAC, Debra Bell, is now a spokesman for the Government Information website FRANK. *see Get Educated

Cannabis Skunk Support © 2009 | Charity no. 1125329 | CALL 0844 335 1506 |