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The article in The Independent on Sunday is what we call

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Prohibitionist drug war propaganda.

The fact that more and more youngster are looking for help because of problems related to cannabis consumption is (at least partly) because of prohibition it selve. The presure on teens to go into treatment can rise enormously ones you're caught by your parents, school or the police. A lot of this youngster go low profile for a while and play the good son/daughter.