Letters to the Editor: Parent says Ireland should ban synthetic cannabinoid HHC
France, Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland have moved to impose strict controls on synthetic cannabinoids including HHC. iStock
I would like to raise awareness of hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) with members of the Government, Dáil Éireann, An Taoiseach, An Tánaiste, media representatives, and your readers.
I write not just as a citizen, but as a devastated parent — a parent whose family has been shattered by the insidious grip of HHC.
![<p>'Despite the fact that the Irish Science Teachers’ Association, the ASTI and the Irish Universities Association representatives on the NCCA Biology, Chemistry, and Physics have publicly dissociated from the flawed model [in the senior cycle curriculum plan], all of these concerns have been ignored by the Department of Education.' </p>](/cms_media/module_img/9742/4871127_9_augmentedSearch_PA-49006269_1_.jpg "<p>'Despite the fact that the Irish Science Teachers’ Association, the ASTI and the Irish Universities Association representatives on the NCCA Biology, Chemistry, and Physics have publicly dissociated from the flawed model [in the senior cycle curriculum plan], all of these concerns have been ignored by the Department of Education.' </p>")
