Judge’s linking of cannabis and HIV ‘ignorant’

JUDGE William Harnett's has been lambasted by health workers and politicians for his claim that people with HIV and those who die of AIDS all started out taking cannabis resin.

In his remarks in a case involving the alleged supply of cannabis, Judge Harnett said: “Why there is a benign attitude to cannabis resin I do not know.

“People with HIV or those who die from AIDS all started by taking cannabis resin.”