Here are some myths about marijuana:
Myth #1:
Marijuana use has been scientifically proven to be really harmful.
- Fact #1 In 1972, after reviewing the
scientific evidence, the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse
concluded that while marijuana is not entirely safe, its dangers had been
grossly overstated.
- Fact #2 In 1995, based on thirty
years of scientific research, editors of the British journal Lancet (the
British equivalent of New England Journal of Medicine) concluded that
"the smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to
health."
- Fact #1 Marijuana has been shown to
be effective in reducing nausea induced by cancer chemotherapy,
stimulating appetite in AIDS patients, and reducing intraocular pressure
in people with glaucoma.
- Fact #1 Marijuana use by kids, like
alcohol and tobacco, is not OK. Its use is illegal, and the effect of
marijuana on kids in their developmental stage has not been studied.
Common sense tells us that marijuana use by kids is not a good idea.
- Fact #2 Marijuana use by kids,
coupled with other drug use and behavioral problems, can be a sign that a
child needs professional attention.
- Fact #3 90% of kids who try
marijuana don't go on to use other drugs, and do not continue to use
marijuana.
- Fact #1 Most people who smoke
marijuana smoke it only occasionally. A small minority of Americans --less
than one percent - smoke marijuana on a daily or near-daily basis. An even
smaller minority develops dependence on marijuana. Marijuana is not
physically addictive.
- Fact #1 Over 70 million people have
tried marijuana. Most marijuana users never use any other illegal drug.
Indeed, for the vast majority of people, marijuana is the last drug they
try, not a "gateway" to other drugs. If it were a gateway drug
and if it were so addictive, we would have more than 3 million heroin and
cocaine addicts in the U.S.
- Fact #2 Marijuana is the most
popular illegal drug in the United States today. Therefore, people who
have used less popular drugs such as heroin, cocaine and LSD are likely to
have also tried marijuana.
- Fact #1 Marijuana produces
immediate, temporary changes in thoughts, perceptions, and information
processing. The cognitive process most clearly affected by marijuana is
short-term memory. In laboratory studies, subjects under the influence of
marijuana have no trouble remembering things they learned previously.
However, they display diminished capacity to learn and recall new
information. This diminishment only lasts for the duration of
intoxication.
Myth #7:
Marijuana causes crime. Under the influence of marijuana, people become
irrational, aggressive, and violent.
- Fact #1 Every serious scholar and
government commission examining the relationship between marijuana use and
crime has reached the same conclusion: Marijuana does not cause crime. The
vast majority of marijuana users do not commit crimes. Almost all human
and animal studies show that marijuana decreases aggression.
- Fact #1 There is NO evidence that
marijuana causes infertility in men or women. Most studies of humans have
found that marijuana has no impact on sex hormones. In those studies
showing an impact, it is modest, temporary, and of no apparent consequence
for reproduction.
- Fact #2 There is NO scientific
evidence that marijuana delays adolescent sexual development, has a
feminizing effect on males, or a masculinizing effect on females.
- Fact #1 Moderate smoking of
marijuana appears to pose minimal danger to the lungs.
- Fact #1 There is no compelling
evidence that marijuana contributes substantially to traffic accidents and
fatalities. In driving studies, marijuana produces little or no
car-handling impairment - consistently less than that produced by low to
moderate doses of alcohol and many legal medications.
- Fact #2 People should not drive
while under the influence of marijuana. At some doses, marijuana affects
perceptions and psychomotor performance.
- Fact #1 There is no lethal dose of
marijuana. You cannot die from "binge smoking" like you can from
binge drinking.
- Fact #2 The number of people in
hospital emergency rooms who say they have used marijuana has increased.
This does not mean that people come to the emergency room because of
marijuana. Many more teenagers use marijuana than hard drugs like heroin
and cocaine. As a result, when teenagers visit hospital emergency rooms,
they report marijuana much more frequently than they report heroin or
cocaine.
- Fact #3 In 1994, fewer than 2
percent of drug-related emergency room visits involved the use of
marijuana alone.
- Fact #1 Marijuana is the same drug
it has always been.
- Fact #2 Potency data from the early
1980s do not show an increase in the average THC content of marijuana.
- Fact #1 There is no evidence that
spending billions of dollars over the past 20 years for anti-drug messages
has diminished young people's interest in trying marijuana.
- Fact #2 For most age groups, rates
of marijuana use in the Netherlands are similar to those in the United
States. However, for young adolescents, rates of marijuana use are LOWER
in the Netherlands than in the United States.
I've been a medical marijuana patient for 3 years now and have not
had any negative side effects from it. There are many uses for it. I use it for
a seizure dissorder and chronic pain. Not only does it help many people with
debilitating illnesses it provides a pleasant and euphoric high for those who
are suffering. This post is just one of many on the subject of marijuana.
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