Over the course of her investigation, she gained half a stone, due to the drug's tendency to bring on cravings for junk food. I woke up every morning with puffy eyes and sallow skin. It was as though the drug had destroyed my ability to refresh my body as well as my mind. Once back in the UK, Nicky visited the Institute of Psychiatry, where, for the final stage of her investigation, she took part in a unique experiment.
Scientists there are interested in the effect of the ratio between the drug's two main components - THC and cannabanoid - and the levels of psychosis induced in the user, and are undertaking trials in which volunteers are injected with both pure THC and THC mixed with cannabanoid.
Nicky agreed to do this, too, and following each injection, she underwent a series of psychological tests designed to assess her state of mind.
Even though injecting the drug means it reaches the bloodstream more quickly than if it's smoked, the results were shocking. However, Nicky's experience with pure THC - more akin to the strong "skunk" favoured by cannabis users today - was far more sinister.
I was increasingly agitated and convinced they were trying to trick me in everything they said to me. Most alarmingly, she also took a test, in the form of a series of questions about her state of mind, in which a score of four points and above indicates significant psychosis of the level seen in people with schizophrenia - she scored With her investigation now behind her, Nicky is adamant that she will never touch cannabis again. Thankfully, she appears not to have experienced any long-term effects from using the drug.
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Darren admits that smoking cannabis may have had a detrimental affect on his exam grades and general achievement. But maybe I could have done better? That's the conflict I have daily with smoking weed," he says. But then the guilt kicks in an hour later. And it makes me lazy, sometimes. But Darren says that, whatever the positives or negatives of cannabis, the idea of its use being confined to seedy pubs and clubs is far from reality.
People think of it as teenagers on the street corner - but it goes far beyond that, I know. There are grandparents, police officers, teachers. Faye adds: "It's not just school kids - it stretches far beyond the people you think would do drugs. Boredom soon started to creep in and that brought with it some lifestyle changes. But then it got to one o'clock, three o'clock in the afternoon and we thought, 'should we be smoking it this early?
Reece said: "I've noticed that I've even started putting more weed in my joints so it's basically all just pure marijuana now. Since lockdown began, the Edinburgh-based charity Crew has surveyed hundreds of recreational drug users. The drugs which have had the biggest upsurge in usage are cannabis, cocaine and alcohol. The charity's Kira Weir said: "A lot of that was to do with boredom.
For example, with cannabis, people say they're smoking more because they had more time on their hands, and actually they saw it as a way to de-stress; they saw it as some 'me time'. As well as higher and more solo usage, the survey also reported changes to the drugs market since the Covid outbreak, including price rises, shortages and lower purity. Kira added: "What we can see as well though is that the drug market's been quite adaptable. For Reece, it's just as easy to get cannabis now as it was before lockdown.
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