Two news posts in brief. First, YLE reported that the Finnish youths have relaxed their attitude towards cannabis use in general. They continue that this change does not reflect in the amount of drug use.
The next post, same day, on the same subject says 2010 cannabis confiscations reached a record high.
According to YLE a youth researcher commented nothing radical is happening, and that running a campaign saying "one out of every five youngsters has tried cannabis" can cause unecessary panic. They talk about how the media is interested in the topic only if they can report increases.
The second article surely fits the bill. It says the police discovered an unprecedented amount of grow-ops. Oh, and they also mention how drug trafficking is mostly organized crime and strongly connected to international criminal organizations.
But wait, in the first article, you can read on how we saw growing usage numbers from 1990-2000 and how usage has since stopped increasing in any major way. After that, I don't suppose the points they raise about designer drugs or anything else really makes sense. What a mess.
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