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    Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

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    High voltage: The moment woman hallucinating on super-strength cannabis scales 40ft electricity pylon and clings to it for two hours
    PUBLISHED: 10:34 GMT, 21 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:50 GMT, 21 June 2012
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    A woman who had spent four hours smoking super-strength 'skunk' cannabis had to be rescued after she climbed a 40ft electricity pylon while hallucinating that it was a bridge.
    Horrified locals spotted the 21-year-old - from Zlin, Czech Republic - apparently trying to cross a river and called the emergency services.
    Police spokesman Jan Macalikova said: 'It was a nightmare because she was very much under the influence of drugs and wasn't making much sense.

    Out of her mind: The intoxicated 21-year-old clings to electricity cables after climbing the pylon in the belief that it was a bridge
    'She was convinced, though, that the pylon was a bridge across the Morava river.'
    Drugs counsellors and police eventually coaxed her down after two hours on the pylon.

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    'She received treatment at hospital for her drugs consumption but was otherwise unhurt. She's lucky she didn't get a new high - high voltage,' added the police spokesman.

    Death-defying: The drug-addled climber balances precariously on the wire, which she managed to mount in a pair of flimsy sandals

    Hair-raising: Terrified locals spotted the woman and called in the emergency services

    Plucked to safety: Rescue workers in a cherrypicker manage to grab her, putting an end to the two-hour stunt
    Only as a fair few of us here would know, surely she should have had a real shock, the power must have been off? Whilst googling for more info I found this:
    http://www.policie.cz/clanek/vyjedna...-v-zivote.aspx
    or the offical police report. Translated via google:
    The worst of the negotiations that we have ever experienced," the two negotiators agreed today on a respectable two-hour performance. They tried to communicate with a young woman who climbed a few tens of meters high pylons.
    The incident occurred after noon Napajedla in the Zlín region. Operational officers immediately called two negotiators who went to communicate with a young woman. She climbed on top of a complete high-voltage tower, apparently because of unrequited love. After a while he got down to about two-thirds the height, holding the coils and wearing only vanglovala slip on the rope.
    A two-hour negotiation was a nightmare. The woman is obviously under the influence of drugs. At one point he even thought it was the cable car and manages to get her the ropes across the river Morava. The negotiators spoke only occasionally and corresponded only to certain questions. Neither one of them would not allow it to close. The two negotiators then ready to use fire fighting equipment. One climbed the ladder, but stopped about two thirds. The woman did not want to go closer, ever claimed that the rope handles to get home and want to be someone close to her. The other negotiator then two firemen went up on the platform at the last minute and it tore. Her life hung in the balance. Finally, because a woman who was two hours spent on the pole, grabbed the rope and started Dial away (see photo). Firefighters grabbed her ankles and managed to rig the last second set so that the woman fell inside. Was also very lucky that we managed to contact the power company and ensure that the mast was not under the influence of stress.
    Jednadvacetiletá woman from the Zlín region ended in the care of doctors.
    Not one single mention of any kind of "super strength" cannabis.

    In fact I don't think I've ever heard of a case where someone would be physically capabable of such a feat after consuming cannabis, must find out... for science you understand.
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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    No real surprise that people who have absolutely no idea about the substance get on their hight horse telling everyone how Cannabis is some kind of killer drug..... It's absolutely pathetic isn't it.

    I'm starting to think that these newspapers should be properly regulated so that they cannot post these outright lies as "fact" or "truth".

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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    What drug was she under the influence of then?

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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    I find it hard to believe anyone could hang on to something for two hours, or do they mean standing on the pylon too?

    And yeah you'd expect a nasty shock from HV lines, maybe she only climbed out there to evade the rescuers after the power had been shut off? That would explain ^ too...

    Oh and on a side note: You expected remotely reliable information from the DM?

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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    its hard enough to go to tesco express for munchies, never mind climb a pylon!

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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-cannabis.html


    Only as a fair few of us here would know, surely she should have had a real shock, the power must have been off? Whilst googling for more info I found this:
    http://www.policie.cz/clanek/vyjedna...-v-zivote.aspx
    or the offical police report. Translated via google:
    Not one single mention of any kind of "super strength" cannabis.

    In fact I don't think I've ever heard of a case where someone would be physically capabable of such a feat after consuming cannabis, must find out... for science you understand.
    She couldnt of been stupid of course... everyone knows NO ONE does things - its always cannabis behind it as usual

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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    In fact I don't think I've ever heard of a case where someone would be physically capabable of such a feat after consuming cannabis, must find out... for science you understand

    if u were on crack u would not even climb up there 4hrs of smoking then of up the tower to light the spliff no chance in hell shed have fallen of or fell asleep n fell off.

    might of been lsd or she just gone crackers n lost the plot

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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    Quote Originally Posted by jetfire View Post
    if u were on crack u would not even climb up there 4hrs of smoking then of up the tower to light the spliff no chance in hell shed have fallen of or fell asleep n fell off.

    might of been lsd or she just gone crackers n lost the plot

    Maybe she just needed a light ?



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    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    What drug was she under the influence of then?
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    its hard enough to go to tesco express for munchies, never mind climb a pylon!
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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    "TABLOID RAG IN SENSATIONALISED HEADLINE" SHOCKER!

    Who'da thunk it?

    Most likely, she climbed the pylon while out of her .... erm .... tree, and when spotted, they cut power before the rescuers went up in the cherry-picker. I'd be .... umm .... shocked, if they went up like that without cutting power first.

    Sorry about the puns.

    But really, papers and especially the 'tacky' end of the market, are all about selling papers by sensationalising just about anything. If you want something bearing at least a passing resemblance to actual news, containing more or less sort-of neutral fact, don't read such tripe.

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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    A few points:

    - I'm by no means a daily mail fan, but they a far from alone here - its difficult to find an article on this NOT mentioning cannabis.

    - Even those that don't, say she was on (unspecified) drugs and hallucinating.

    - I also note you quoted almost the entire translated article, but forgot to include the last last line:
    "This press release publishing, among others, therefore, to show what they can do drugs"
    http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...-v-zivote.aspx

    reinforcing this was a drug related incident.
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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    Quote Originally Posted by mikerr View Post
    A few points:

    - I'm by no means a daily mail fan, but they a far from alone here - its difficult to find an article on this NOT mentioning cannabis.

    - Even those that don't, say she was on (unspecified) drugs and hallucinating.

    - I also note you quoted almost the entire translated article, but forgot to include the last last line:
    "This press release publishing, among others, therefore, to show what they can do drugs"
    http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...-v-zivote.aspx

    reinforcing this was a drug related incident.
    Right, but there is clearly a lot more than just using things like this as means to sell , if you connect the dots you will see this outright bigotry and ignorance extends into politics and of course it ties with the same old same using it for their own means.

    It is not reporting..it is propaganda.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    "TABLOID RAG IN SENSATIONALISED HEADLINE" SHOCKER!

    Who'da thunk it?

    Most likely, she climbed the pylon while out of her .... erm .... tree, and when spotted, they cut power before the rescuers went up in the cherry-picker. I'd be .... umm .... shocked, if they went up like that without cutting power first.

    Sorry about the puns.

    But really, papers and especially the 'tacky' end of the market, are all about selling papers by sensationalising just about anything. If you want something bearing at least a passing resemblance to actual news, containing more or less sort-of neutral fact, don't read such tripe.
    Well, there's sensationalising, and then there's plain old making **** up.
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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    Good thing it wasn't Bath Salts, she'd have eaten the Negotiators.

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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    The Czech police beat you all to it.

    'She received treatment at hospital for her drugs consumption but was otherwise unhurt. She's lucky she didn't get a new high - high voltage,' added the police spokesman.

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    Re: Daily Mail at it again (Cannabis outright lies)

    Quote Originally Posted by aidanjt View Post
    Well, there's sensationalising, and then there's plain old making **** up.
    And the biggest problem is working out when it's one and when it's the other.

    Though, seriously, the biggest problem is one referred to extensively at Leveson .... a lack of clear separation of news and "comment". News is supposed to be presented in an impartial way, relating what happened, and editorials and/or op-ed are supposed to be for comment, but it's getting harder and harder to find news coverage that doesn't put a spin on straight reporting.

    They're all at it, but the tabloids are generally far worse than broadsheets .... or at least, less subtle or nuanced. Which is why I don't read tabloids .... unless I want a good laugh.

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