Myths and truths about marijuana: Highlights from the book "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana facts" by Lynn Zimmer and John Morgan
 Was there a whiff of cannabis about Jesus? "Was Jesus a Stoner?" is the mischievous title of an article about the use of cannabis in ancient Ju...
More about Jesus and Marijuana (incl. video)
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA USE CAN BE PREVENTED. Drug education and prevention programs reduced marijuana use d...
More about Marijuana Myth #20: Prevention
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA CAUSES CRIME. Marijuana users commit more property offenses than nonusers. Under the...
More about Marijuana Myth #11: Crime
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA INTERFERES WITH MALE AND FEMALE SEX HORMONES. In both men and women, marijuana can c...
More about Marijuana Myth #12: Interference with Sex Hormones
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA USE DURING PREGNANCY DAMAGES THE FETUS. Prenatal marijuana exposure causes birth def...
More about Marijuana Myth #13: Pregnancy
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA USE IMPAIRS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. Marijuana users are at increased risk of infection, i...
More about Marijuana Myth #14: The Immune System
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA IS MORE DAMAGING TO THE LUNGS THAN TOBACCO. Marijuana smokers are at a high risk of ...
More about Marijuana Myth #15: Damage to Lungs
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA'S ACTIVE INGREDIENT, THC, GETS TRAPPED IN BODY FAT. Because THC is released from...
More about Marijuana Myth #16: THC in fat cells
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA USE IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS. Like alcohol, marijuana impairs psychomot...
More about Marijuana Myth #17: Traffic Accidents
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA RELATED HOSPITAL EMERGENCIES ARE INCREASING, PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUTH. This is evide...
More about Marijuana Myth #18: Hospital Emergencies
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA IS MORE POTENT TODAY THAN IN THE PAST. Adults who used marijuana in the 1960s and 19...
More about Marijuana Myth #19: Potency Today vs. The Past
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA'S HARMS HAVE BEEN PROVED SCIENTIFICALLY. In the 1960s and 1970s, many people bel...
More about Marijuana Myth #1: Marijuana's Harms
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA CAN CAUSE PERMANENT MENTAL ILLNESS. Among adolescents, even occasional marijuana use...
More about Marijuana Myth #10: Mental Illness
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA HAS NO MEDICINAL VALUE. Safer, more effective drugs are available. They include a sy...
More about Marijuana Myth #2: No Medical Value
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. Long term marijuana users experience physical dependence and wi...
More about Marijuana Myth #3: Addiction
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 Highlights from "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts" MYTH: MARIJUANA IS A GATEWAY DRUG. Even if marijuana itself causes minimal harm, it is a dangerous s...
More about Marijuana Myth #4: A Gateway Drug
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