THE VINES - NICHOLS KICKS CANNABIS FOR MENTAL HEALTH

LATEST: THE VINES frontman CRAIG NICHOLS kicked his cannabis habit, because he fears the drug exacerbates his Asperger's Syndrome. The GET FREE singer initially used the recreational narcotic to help relax, but he insists the effects soon turned negative. And he has been off the drug for nine months. He says, "It just fit with my personality. I never drank alcohol. (Smoking) was just the thing I did. It made me calm. But it started not making me calm at all. It made me edgy, so it wasn't good."