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Sunday, 11 May 2014

The mother's story anyone who still says cannabis is harmless MUST read: Henry came from a wealthy family and had a golden future but his life is now in tatters thanks to the drug

  • Henry was a bright young boy with a promising future
  • Starting smoking cannabis in his teens
  • Today, age 28, he lives in a state of terror and tried to take his own life
  • Regularly admitted to psychiatric hospitals
  • A doctor said cannabis use contributed to his psychosis
Lost boy: Susan with Henry aged five when he had a bright future ahead of him

The phone call from British Transport Police came one night in the summer of 2005. It was about my son, the officer said. He told me that Henry had jumped on to the Tube line at Baker Street in the thick of the rush hour and my legs buckled under me.

The officer explained they had rescued him just before the train had come in and was now with the police at Goodge Street station in central London. Why had he jumped? It was weeks before Henry told me about the voices in his head that had urged him to. He had leapt from the platform on to the track, and as he lay there waiting for the train, he imagined he was in heaven. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2622755/The-mothers-story-says-cannabis-harmless-MUST-read-Henry-came-wealthy-family-golden-future-life-tatters-thanks-drug.html

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