Townsville Bulletin: August 28, 2010

The Cape York Institute has made a submission to a parliamentary enquiry that described cannabis use on Cape York being of “epidemic proportions”. It further states that “most indigenous men on the Cape are long-term, regular cannabis users.” Financial strains caused by the extremely high cost of cannabis on the Cape compared to urban areas is a concern, along with the tendency of the drug to be viewed as “mainstream.” Associate Professor Alan Clough of James Cook University’s School of Public Health is “in the early stages of a three-year study on reducing demand for cannabis on the Cape.”