article_snippet: Meanwhile, Sir Richard Branson made the astonishing claim that smoking powerful skunk cannabis does not cause ‘any harm’ – despite evidence that a quarter of new cases of psychosis are linked to it.
article_snippet: Mr Clegg received a public endorsement yesterday from Sir Richard, who suggested that smoking skunk is safe.
article_snippet: The Virgin tycoon said: ‘Of people taking hash [cannabis], something like 99 per cent do not have a problem ...
article_snippet: Take people taking skunk.
article_snippet: It’s slightly worse than alcohol.
article_snippet: A study last month by Kings College London found that 24 per cent of new cases of psychosis are linked to the use of skunk.
article_snippet: The report concluded that smoking skunk trebles the risk of someone having a psychotic episode.
article_snippet: Sir Richard Branson (pictured at an event in Knightsbridge with Martin Sheen, left, and Princess Beatrice and Holly Branson, right) made the claim that smoking powerful skunk cannabis does not cause ‘any harm’ Andy Cook, chief executive of charity Twenty Twenty, which works with disadvantaged young people, said: ‘Cannabis is ruining the life opportunities of those we work with, so the idea that society would be better off if this stuff was decriminalised is crazy.