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Marijuana Myths

1. Marijuana causes brain damage The tests that yielded such an answer were biased and performed on an improperly small test group of four monkeys. Later tests showed no adverse effects or damage to heavy marijuana users. The same year the AMA endorsed the legalization of marijuana.

2. Marijuana damages the reproductive system The test subjects were dosed with near fatal amounts of the active ingredient in marijuana (THC) many died from the dosage. Those that lived did experience infertility for a general period of around 30 days.

3. Marijuana is a "gateway" drug-it leads to hard drugs If our own states and other countries are any real life example… we can see that where marijuana is illegal it correlates to higher hard drug use. Where marijuana is legal hard drugs and alcohol use decline. Perhaps one can see the correlation as those willing to break the law to try one thing, find marijuana and are more likely to think the next is also worth a try…

4. Marijuana suppresses the immune system Where it has been tested on humans, we have found their immune systems un-touched or improved. The animals tested on initially were part of studies much like those in number two.

5. Marijuana is much more dangerous than tobacco Marijuana is equally as dangerous as tobacco when smoked unfiltered, they contain similar amounts of carcinogens. Water pipes/bongs filter much of these out, while other marijuana drinks and foods avoid the harmful effects entirely.

6. Legal marijuana would cause carnage on the highways The study that found this ‘fact’ correlated marijuana users and fatal accidents involving someone intoxicated on marijuana to alcohol users and fatal accidents involving intoxicated alcohol users. The study found similar stats. But, of the marijuana fatal accidents 85% were found to be intoxicated on both marijuana and alcohol. Some test even suggest a drop in fatal accidents correlated to steps toward decriminalization.

7. Marijuana "flattens" human brainwaves This was a hoax orchestrated by the people who geek out so many stoners… Partnership for a Drug Free America… In fact the state of relaxation induced is related to creativity and meditative states.

8. Marijuana is more potent today than in the past The test were conducted in such a way to have the stats say what was wanted. In actuality our marijuana is far less potent than it was… when it was a product of drug companies.

9. Marijuana impairs short-term memory This is true, while intoxicated. When the drug wears off the subjects memory functions normally.

10. Marijuana lingers in the body like DDT As would any chemical which is fat solvent… of which I’m sure there are hundreds of thousands.

11. There are over a thousand chemicals in marijuana smoke Many things we consume and find no harm in also contain a mixture of many chemicals. Chemicals are not bad, chemicals are chemicals.

12. No one has ever died of a marijuana overdose The fatal dose of marijuana is calculated at over 40,000 x the intoxicated dose. So if one bowl gets you high, you need to smoke 39,999 more in a short span of time to commit suicide… pricey eh? Alcohol is fatal at around 4 to 10 x the effective dose. So be weary, if you try to commit suicide with marijuana you might wake up the next day with a stomach ache and no food in the house not wonder what happened. There is a reason that Marijuana has been used by humans for nearly all of our cultural past… it was not until the very recent past that marijuana was fear mongered through missinformation as it is today.

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