❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the health risks associated with marijuana use, referencing a 1992 Medical Journal of Australia article. The parliamentary secretary did not have a response at the time.
AnsweredQoN 861Legislative Council
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MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, “THE HUMAN TOXICITY OF MARIJUANA” 861. Hon PETER FOSS to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health: I refer the parliamentary secretary to the Medical Journal of Australia and an article entitled “The Human Toxicity of Marijuana” dated 6 April 1992. It refers to such matters as a six-fold increase in incidence of schizophrenia, cancer of the mouth, jaw, tongue and lung in 19 to 30-year-olds and foetal toxicity and non-lymphoblastic leukemia in children of marijuana-smoking mothers. (1) Is the minister aware of the article? (2) Are the concerns expressed in that article also held by medical professionals responsible for this area within the Department of Health? (3) Have any other studies been done since then; and, if so, will he table a list of them and of any other studies that would be of assistance to members of Parliament? (4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, “THE HUMAN TOXICITY OF MARIJUANA”
I refer the parliamentary secretary to the Medical Journal of Australia and an article entitled “The Human Toxicity of Marijuana” dated 6 April 1992. It refers to such matters as a six-fold increase in incidence of schizophrenia, cancer of the mouth, jaw, tongue and lung in 19 to 30-year-olds and foetal toxicity and non-lymphoblastic leukemia in children of marijuana-smoking mothers. (1) Is the minister aware of the article? (2) Are the concerns expressed in that article also held by medical professionals responsible for this area within the Department of Health? (3) Have any other studies been done since then; and, if so, will he table a list of them and of any other studies that would be of assistance to members of Parliament? (4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(1) Is the minister aware of the article? (2) Are the concerns expressed in that article also held by medical professionals responsible for this area within the Department of Health? (3) Have any other studies been done since then; and, if so, will he table a list of them and of any other studies that would be of assistance to members of Parliament? (4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(2) Are the concerns expressed in that article also held by medical professionals responsible for this area within the Department of Health? (3) Have any other studies been done since then; and, if so, will he table a list of them and of any other studies that would be of assistance to members of Parliament? (4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(3) Have any other studies been done since then; and, if so, will he table a list of them and of any other studies that would be of assistance to members of Parliament? (4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, “THE HUMAN TOXICITY OF MARIJUANA”
I refer the parliamentary secretary to the Medical Journal of Australia and an article entitled “The Human Toxicity of Marijuana” dated 6 April 1992. It refers to such matters as a six-fold increase in incidence of schizophrenia, cancer of the mouth, jaw, tongue and lung in 19 to 30-year-olds and foetal toxicity and non-lymphoblastic leukemia in children of marijuana-smoking mothers. (1) Is the minister aware of the article? (2) Are the concerns expressed in that article also held by medical professionals responsible for this area within the Department of Health? (3) Have any other studies been done since then; and, if so, will he table a list of them and of any other studies that would be of assistance to members of Parliament? (4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(1) Is the minister aware of the article? (2) Are the concerns expressed in that article also held by medical professionals responsible for this area within the Department of Health? (3) Have any other studies been done since then; and, if so, will he table a list of them and of any other studies that would be of assistance to members of Parliament? (4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(2) Are the concerns expressed in that article also held by medical professionals responsible for this area within the Department of Health? (3) Have any other studies been done since then; and, if so, will he table a list of them and of any other studies that would be of assistance to members of Parliament? (4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(3) Have any other studies been done since then; and, if so, will he table a list of them and of any other studies that would be of assistance to members of Parliament? (4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(4) Are any other concerns held by the medical professionals within the Department of Health about the consequences of the use of marijuana? (5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(5) If so, what are they? (6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(6) Has the Department of Health made any epidemiological predictions about the effects in the next 20 years of the use of marijuana by the Western Australian population? (7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
(7) If so, what are they? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I do not have a response to that question. Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
Hon Peter Foss: It was in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: I am terribly sorry, but I do not have it. Hon Peter Foss can put it on notice or ask it next week.
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