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 Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter
#7371174 - 09/05/07 02:50 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=480162&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490
Talented, bubbly and pretty, Laura Bower-McKnight had it all to live for.
A gifted musician, the 22-year-old studied at the prestigious Royal Welsh College of Music and seemed destined for a career in the performing arts.
But her life once so full of promise was prematurely ended when she killed herself after cannabis turned her into a shambling wreck and left her a depressed recluse terrified of going outdoors.
She was found dead at her family's home last week after hanging herself from the end of her bed.
Her heartbroken mother told how smoking a single joint of the potent "skunk" variety of the drug triggered a psychotic episode in her violinist daughter and set her on the road to her death.
Carol McKnight, 44, demanded to know why cannabis was downgraded to the status of a "soft" drug as she spoke of the devastating effects of cannabis on Laura in a bid to warn others of the dangers it poses to mental health.
The Government controversially downgraded cannabis from a grade B drug to grade C – meaning those caught in possession of it usually escape with a caution.
Housewife Mrs McKnight said: "People think nothing of cannabis nowadays. They just don't realise this drug can tip you over the edge.
"A lot of people try it.
"With the government downgrading it, I think young people assume it is completely harmless.
"But it can destroy your mind."
Laura was regarded as an intelligent and creative pupil during her time at Robert Pattinson Secondary School, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire.
She went on to secure a sought-after place at the Royal Welsh College of Music, Cardiff, before going on to university, but soon she dropped out.
Having returned to the family home in North Hykeham, troubled Laura, who had previously smoked normal cannabis with friends, tried a joint of skunk - and the experience proved devastating.
Mrs McKnight said: "It wasn't the real Laura, the always-on-the-go, lovely young woman, the musician, the passionate writer, the artist.
"It tipped her into psychosis. We lost our wonderful girl for a while. Her behaviour became completely erratic. She was doing very odd things.
"She was ill - she had a mental illness. But people are ignorant of mental illness, and they labelled her as a loony. They did and said horrible things."
In one incident drinkers in a local pub put up a newspaper cutting with the headline "Troubled Britney Spears" but wrote Laura's name over it.
The effects of the bullying, coupled with a course of anti-psychotic prescription drugs, left her so depressed that she felt unable even to leave the house.
Her mother added: "Laura was an extremely sensitive girl, and at this point she was vulnerable. I think she just felt there was no future.
"I know she didn't do it to hurt us - she never could. She had just come to the conclusion that the best parts of her life had already been lived."
Laura, who had battled anorexia in the past, could not be resuscitated after she was discovered hanging from her bed last Friday afternoon.
Mrs McKnight said she and her husband Malcolm, Laura's stepfather, now only hoped their daughter's death would serve as a warning to others.
She said: "Laura would have wanted us to highlight these issues. We were so close. It's just a massive, irreplaceable loss from our lives.
"There are a lot of young, vulnerable people. Expectations of them are so high. Drug use, depression and suicide among them is a growing problem."
Mr McKnight, 44, an engineer, added: "Different people have different limits with drugs. For some even the tiniest amount can be too much."
A recent Government-commissioned report warned that a single joint of cannabis raises the risk of schizophrenia by more than 40 per cent and that taking the drug regularly more than doubles the risk of serious mental illness.
The grim statistics came only days after Gordon Brown ordered a review of the decision to downgrade cannabis to class C, the least serious category.
The Prime Minister is said to have a "personal instinct" that the change should be reversed, with more arrests and stiffer penalties for users.
Previous studies have shown a clear link between cannabis use in the teenage years and mental illness in later life.
Research completed by leading psychiatrist Professor Robin Murray in 2005 showed that those who smoked the drug regularly at 18 were 1.6 times more likely to suffer serious psychiatric problems, including schizophrenia, by their mid-20s.
It is thought that, used during teenage years, the drug can cause permanent damage to the developing brain.
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: b0red5tiff]
#7371206 - 09/05/07 03:06 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Why do I even read these articles?
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#7371236 - 09/05/07 03:21 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Just skin the top. If it contains both "Daily mail" and "Cannabis" It's certified lies, and can be dismissed as scaremongering propoganda
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: Visionary Tools]
#7371258 - 09/05/07 03:32 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Do UK people actually read this trash? In the US, piece of shit rag tabloids like the National Inquirer and such certainly exist, but people don't actually read them for their news. But the Daily Mail, it seems, is actually ta
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: sinenomine]
#7371270 - 09/05/07 03:36 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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How can skunk make someone NOT want to go outdoors?
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: geedorah]
#7371316 - 09/05/07 03:53 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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does any body find it ironic a violinst commited suicide.
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: moon_glue]
#7371374 - 09/05/07 04:15 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: Jive turkey]
#7371406 - 09/05/07 04:24 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Jive turkey said:
hahaha
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: somebody041]
#7371456 - 09/05/07 04:40 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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The reefer madness strikes again!
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: aaei67]
#7371517 - 09/05/07 04:54 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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This girl sounds like she has a lot of problems as it is. I really doubt that smoking weed was the actual thing that set her off to kill herself. She may have been a user, but it certainly wasn't the culprit.
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: xyphoidmax]
#7372202 - 09/05/07 07:55 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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You always hear of the tortured musician/scientist etc. It's something that comes along with either having that much genius, or that much expected of you, or both.
Also, you notice that there is a line in this article that says she took a turn for the worse after she came home. I get the feeling that she may have been a child prodigy and her parents put a massive amount of pressure on her. They need to take responsibility for the death of their daughter, and not look for something else to blame it on. She probably turned to drugs to get away from all of the other pressures in her life.
Fucking parents. "Oh no, my kid killed themselves at my house - there's no way it was my fault!!"
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: b0red5tiff]
#7372237 - 09/05/07 08:06 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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It's a shame the cannabis smoking daughter had to die instead of her cunt of a mother who is obviously devoid of any rational or logical thinking.
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: b0red5tiff]
#7372242 - 09/05/07 08:07 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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What's with UK papers and the hysteria over "skunk" cannabis? Seems just as bad as reefer madness...
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: b0red5tiff]
#7372265 - 09/05/07 08:12 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
But her life once so full of promise was prematurely ended when she killed herself after cannabis turned her into a shambling wreck and left her a depressed recluse terrified of going outdoors.
Umm... I'm not from the UK, but somebody here who is please tell me this is a tabloid paper; not something that represents itself as serious news.
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: EntheogenicPeace]
#7372323 - 09/05/07 08:24 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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wow i ... no response, sorry
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: emit]
#7372430 - 09/05/07 08:48 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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this one was hilarious
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: sherm]
#7372486 - 09/05/07 09:00 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Thats pretty crazy.. Agoraphobia. I do agree with the child prodigy/genius theory too.
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: MonstroniuM]
#7372519 - 09/05/07 09:11 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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The UK propaganda against marijuana is disgusting. Those people should be ashamed to call themselves journalists or human beings.
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: wireless]
#7372595 - 09/05/07 09:34 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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If you're going to blame it on anything, I would blame it on the antidepressants the article mentioned her taking. That, or they could man up and take they blame for pressuring their child to much, but meh, that would take balls.
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Re: Mother blames cannabis for suicide of promising violinist daughter [Re: sherm]
#7372618 - 09/05/07 09:39 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
sherm said:
this one was hilarious
Agreed.
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