The Col·legi de Metges de Barcelona considers that the legislation on substances derived from cannabis should not be modified "until there is clinical evidence that can provide security, support and sufficient health guarantees." In a document in which it takes a position on this matter, the entity expresses its concern about “the trivialization and, in some cases, a certain normalization that has occurred in our environment regarding consumption and/or inappropriate use.”
In a colloquium held yesterday at the college headquarters, numerous addiction specialists warned about the dangers of cannabis. Albert Batlle, Deputy Mayor for Security of the Barcelona City Council, rejected the frivolization and trivialization of hemp consumption to which, in his opinion, different legislative initiatives in Congress and Parliament are aimed and called to “fight recreational use.” . “It is a criminal business,” he stated, and denounced “the power of the lobbies.” “The port of Barcelona is becoming an exporter of marijuana when until now it was an importer,” he stated.
Eduard Vieta, head of psychiatry at the Clínic hospital, stressed that smoking cannabis is associated with poor mental health and almost doubles the risk of suffering from psychosis. “There is a false progressivism in certain ideas,” he denounced regarding opening-up tendencies. Josep Matalí, from the addictive behavior unit of Sant Joan de Déu, pointed out two reasons that induce young people (before the age of 15 on average) to consume: personal or social pleasure and the false belief that cannabis “gives you It will help solve life's problems."
