Cannabis deaths and Paranoia

Dear Mr Ovens

Thank you for your email.

A response to your Freedom of Information request will be sent to you promptly and in any event not later than 15 November 2010.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Chalmers
Lead Freedom of Information Officer
Information Governance Department
NHS Forth Valley
CSD
Colquhoun Street
Stirling FK7 7PX
01786 433284
07775842346
[NHS Forth Valley request email]
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From: brian ovens [[FOI #49598 email]]
Sent: 18 October 2010 09:48
To: freedomofinformation (NHS Forth Valley)
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Cannabis deaths and Paranoia

Dear Forth Valley NHS Board,

Can you give me a total of all the deaths caused by taking
Cannabis/hemp in Clackmannanshire/Falkirk and Stirling please? Or
any other areas you may have.

How many people have been hospitalised/sectioned for Paranoia from
the use of Cannabis in Clackmannanshire/Falkirk and Stirling?

How do you come to the conclusion that Cannabis is the cause of
Paranoia?

Im looking for a total from the last 5 years please.

Yours faithfully,

brian ovens

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Dear Mr Ovens

We write in response to your email requesting information under the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Our response is contained in
the attached documents.
Yours sincerely

Hilary Chalmers
Lead Freedom of Information Officer
Information Governance Department
NHS Forth Valley
CSD
Colquhoun Street
Stirling FK7 7PX
01786 433284
07775842346
[1][NHS Forth Valley request email]

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Dear Mr Ovens

Thank you for your email. I have addressed your points below:

1. The Death Unit at the Procurator Fiscal's office may be able to help you:

Graham McLachlan
Senior Depute
Deaths Unit, PFs office
0844 561 3123
[email address]

2. The question you have asked in your email is different to your intial request and therefore if you wish us to take this forward we would treat this as a new request.

3. The Freedom of Information Act deals with information that is held by an organisation, you are asking for an opinion which falls outwith the scope of the Act.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Chalmers
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From: brian ovens [[FOI #49598 email]]
Sent: 08 November 2010 11:19
To: freedomofinformation (NHS Forth Valley)
Subject: Re: Freedom of Informa\tion Request:0000169

Dear freedomofinformation (NHS Forth Valley),

Thank you very much for your reply. Can you clear a couple of
things up?

1. You don't have the answer two question 1, do you know where I
could get the answer to this question?

2. Are you telling me no one has been hospitalised for the use of
cannabis in the area's I have asked about? I wasn't just talking
about detention.

3. In response to question 3, Are you also telling me that cannabis
does not cause the start of paranoia?

I have been listening/watching to programmes like the Jeremy Kyle
show and they keep saying that people need to stop taking cannabis
because it "makes you paranoid". I believe that this is
disinformation going by your response?

Yours sincerely,

brian ovens

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Dear Mr Ovens

Thank you for your email.

I am aware that the question you have asked is in relation to your original request, however we consider that 'people hospitalised for paranoia from the use of cannabis' is an entirely different question from 'how many people have been hospitalised due to taking cannabis/hemp'.

Please advise how you wish to progress.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Chalmers
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From: brian ovens [[FOI #49598 email]]
Sent: 08 November 2010 12:36
To: freedomofinformation (NHS Forth Valley)
Subject: RE: Freedom of Informa\tion Request:0000169

Dear freedomofinformation (NHS Forth Valley),
The question I have asked (question 2) is in relation to my
original request for question two, which was........

How many people have been hospitalised/sectioned for Paranoia from
the use of Cannabis in Clackmannanshire/Falkirk and Stirling?

As you can see you did not fully answer this, therefor I feel it
still needs answered and is not a new request.

Basically, how many people have been Hospitilized due to taking
cannabis/hemp?

Yours sincerely,

brian ovens

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Dear Mr Ovens

Thank you for your email.

A response to your Freedom of Information request will be sent to you promptly and in any event not later than 14 December 2010.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Chalmers
Lead Freedom of Information Officer
Information Governance Department
NHS Forth Valley
CSD
Colquhoun Street
Stirling FK7 7PX
01786 433284
07775842346
[NHS Forth Valley request email]
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From: brian ovens [[FOI #49598 email]]
Sent: 16 November 2010 17:37
To: freedomofinformation (NHS Forth Valley)
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Cannabis deaths and Paranoia

Dear Forth Valley NHS Board,

Do you have an answer to my question? here it is .........

'how many people have been hospitalised due to taking
cannabis/hemp'.

Yours faithfully,

brian ovens

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Dear Mr Ovens

Thank you for your email.

I do have the information you have requested and am awaiting approval before I can release it to you. I would expect this to happen by the end of the week at the latest.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Chalmers
Lead Freedom of Information Officer
Information Governance Department
NHS Forth Valley
CSD
Colquhoun Street
Stirling FK7 7PX
01786 433284
07775842346
[NHS Forth Valley request email]
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From: brian ovens [[FOI #49598 email]]
Sent: 15 December 2010 08:33
To: freedomofinformation (NHS FORTH VALLEY)
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Cannabis deaths and Paranoia

Dear Forth Valley NHS Board,

Do you have the Information yet that im looking for?

Yours faithfully,

brian ovens

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Dear Mr Ovens

We write in response to your email requesting information under the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Our response is contained in
the attached documents.
Yours sincerely

Hilary Chalmers
Lead Freedom of Information Officer
Information Governance Department
NHS Forth Valley
CSD
Colquhoun Street
Stirling FK7 7PX
01786 433284
07775842346
[1][NHS Forth Valley request email]

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