Hide Your Valuables! There's a Pot Plant Nearby

Australia's drug warriors are totally losing their minds. This article in the Herald Sun about a string of recent murders allegedly caused by "cannabinoid psychosis" defies all rational explanation:

Two young men and a couple who left behind a young child were the victims of fatal stabbings in the space of nine days.

It is suspected psychosis brought on by marijuana may have been a factor.

Drug counsellors have warned super-potent, genetically modified dope grown in suburban houses is severely affecting some users.

There are strong concerns among senior police at the links between cannabis-induced psychosis and killings and other violent crimes.

The men accused of these murders are mentally ill, but the article isn't clear about whether or not they've ever used marijuana. But evidence is for slackers, we've got a plant to destroy.

Former prison officer Roderick Nigel Martin, 33, last year tried to secure an acquittal on a manslaughter charge on the basis he was suffering cannabinoid psychosis.

Martin drove a stolen tip truck into the vehicle of Raymond Turner, 66, on the Western Highway, allegedly in the belief aliens had invaded Earth.

Cannabinoid psychosis cannot be used as a defence in court cases because the condition is self-induced.

Hey, it's the best weed in the universe, of course the aliens wanted it. Now it's time for the token "expert" to weigh in:

"When people like me say it's dangerous, they think I'm a wowser," Mr Smith said.

"They don't realise I used to use heroin.

"Cannabis and amphetamines are the hardest drugs to detox off."

Mr Smith is Richard Smith of the Raymond Hader Clinic. I presume he's the Director of Marketing.

And the finale...

It was revealed last year that hundreds of patients are being turned away as psychiatric units are swamped by young people in the throes of cannabis-induced psychosis.

Oh. My. God.