Weâve all heard the stigmas and stereotypes associated with weed. There seems to be a fixed part of the population set on the fact that marijuana is a âgateway drug.â The same part of the population would likely label any individual who tried smoking to be a âviolent criminal.â There is no doubt about it, weed has gotten a bad rap in the past.Â
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However, there is a growing percentage of the population that have come to accept weed â alongside all that is good and bad about the drug. In hopes of debunking any remaining misconceptions about marijuana, weâve put together a list detailing the top five myths about the devilâs lettuce.Â
1. Weed is a gateway drug
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Kids are told this time and time again in school or more often by concerned older relatives. The idea presented here is that if you smoke one joint, before you know it, youâll be addicted to hard narcotics.Â
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The truth is that there is no hard evidence proving this statement to be accurate. The little research we do have on this myth is that many people who are addicted to illicit substances tend to have started with marijuana.
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Again, just because there is an association here, doesnât mean the connection is set in stone. The vast majority of people who have tried marijuana, have not become addicted to other drugs after.Â
2. Marijuana is addictiveÂ
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Weed can be addictive, but that isnât the whole story. Like many myths, this idea is something that is overgeneralized and doesnât account for the wide variety of other factors that often come into play.Â
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The truth is that addiction is something that needs to be assessed on a case-by-case basis. For someone with physical and biological tendencies that favor addiction, yes, marijuana can definitely be addictive.
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With that being said, the varying levels of addiction found between individuals canât prove that weed itself has an addictive nature. Â
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3. Marijuana is dangerous to your healthÂ
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This one is both true and false. Itâs falsity can be proven with the vast amount of money being poured into clinical research on marijuana. Itâs already been shown to have incredibly positive effects on a long list of diseases and disorders, including depression, Alzheimerâs disease, ALS, Glaucoma, Epilepsy, and more.Â
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At the same time, smoking â be it tobacco, marijuana, or anything else â will have certain negative effects on the bodyâs respiratory system. Smoking can be especially hard on the heart and lungs.
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4. Todayâs weed isnât as strong as it used to be
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This is the kind of thing you would hear an older smoker say â the same people who claim candy bar sizes used to be three times as large in 1975. The truth of the matter: todayâs weed is much, much stronger than it used to be. Â
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In recent decades, weâve experienced revolutions in plant biology that have allowed growers to create breeds of cannabis that are heavily concentrated in THC. By some estimates, average marijuana potency tripled between the years 1995 and 2014.Â
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5. You canât overdose on marijuanaÂ
In the traditional sense of the word âoverdose,â no, you canât overdose on marijuana. There are, however, several symptoms you might experience from smoking more than the appropriate amount.
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Common negative symptoms associated with marijuana include:Â
ParanoiaÂ
Anxiety
Dizziness
Headache
Loss of coordinationÂ
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The traditional sense of the word âoverdose,â canât really be applied to marijuana. In fact, the DEA once determined that an individual would have to consume over 1,500 pounds of weed in a span of 15 minutes in order for the dose to be fatal.Â
Final Words
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Like anything in life, marijuana has been given its fair share of stereotypes. Most of these myths are just that â stereotypes.
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There may be a bit of truth in any myth, but the ones presented above are nothing more than popular opposing opinions of marijuana. Â
The potency of weed may have gotten a little stronger in the last few decades, but the strength of weedâs smell has remained the same.
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