Cannabis perceptions to be tackled

An awareness campaign is needed to correct the attitude that cannabis is relatively harmless, a drug taskforce has said.

Dublin’s north inner city drug task force is planning a local campaign to educate people about the newer, and more potent, forms of cannabis.

The taskforce — which traditionally worked to combat the use of hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine — is now setting up a series of workshops to address perceptions about cannabis.