Cannabis - top 10 most common myths

Yeah, well. Pot is dangerous. Guns get up and kill people all by their selves. Prison isn't cruel and unusual punishment. We need lawyers. Politicians don't lie. God-Allah-Yaweh is real. It's OK to torture brown people. Animal testing is necessary. Iraq had WMDs. Bush had nothing to do with 9-11. Bill O'Reilly and Ruch Limbaugh know what they're talking about. Glenn Beck is not a douchebag. Green M&M's make you horney. We need Vice-Principals in our schools more than teachers. A 1000sf house is really worth $150,000. 40mpg today is good even though a 1970 Toyota got 45mpg. The electric car can't work. I can go on and on with all the lies out there. The real problem is that people believe this bullshit, no matter how ridiculous they sound.

I think the paranoia they talk about that it causes is only a result of it being illegal making us look over our backs for narcs and cops.
You'd be paranoid eating chocolate if it was stigmatized the way pot is.

connie are you a member of the drug policy alliance? if not i urge every one to go to the drug policy alliance website, here is a link
http://www.drugpolicy.org/homepage.cfm
they are an awesome bunch of people.

There is a lot of talk on this site about legalization of pot...
I'd like to see it legalized not just decriminalized...
But... It'll probably won't happen... A pipe dream...

Breathing polluted air is bad for the lungs. Everything has the possibility of something. It does help people with asthma, it can stop an asthma attack. One would think if it stops an asthma attack, it's probably not all bad either.

Two week memory loss? I would verify the source. I have never heard of someone having memory loss for two weeks from cannabis. I would wager the source included a few spun facts. Either way, it should be discussed, not ignored. How can anyone really know what is true, facts and distorted facts seem to have equal value?

Correction: I just read an scientific study saying short-term memory losses can last for weeks after you smoke pot. You can look it up.

The article itself is really biased. I don't think pot is that bad, but it certainly isn't completely harmless like the article would have you think. The lung damage part just says its not as bad as cigarettes, but won't even openly state that its bad for your lungs. Not a myth then!

As liberal as I am, I refuse to stand for the cause of cannabis. I won't say anything against it either, but psychoactive drugs are not something that I would ever want to mess with.

Science today is a wonderful thing. Research has come so far, we now know almost everything about the human body. Research will be what enables us to bring cannabis facts to light. People now know, cannabis is not the dangerous drug it has been portrayed to be. Jack Herer has posted a treasure trove of information. Facts matter! Cannabis hemp has history.

People like hosuronline add comments, which are so offensive, one wants to SCREAM. But, that is why they post comments so ignorant, they enjoy pissing people off.

I come to current and huffingtonpost to exchange ideas, information and to talk. I like to avoid loud and aggressive people, for they are a vexation to the soul. I don't want to argue. If people have facts, or an exchange of opinion, I welcome the opportunity to talk. Hosuronline wants neither. Fortunately many more people are coming out of the closet and exchanging information. That is the way we are going to change things. Exchanging information, one person at a time! Research the facts and exchange the information! Yes we can!

yeah the taliban! are you serious?c'mon buddy. i know you are smarter than that.stop acting like pot is some evil monster.its freakin weed.it is medicine for many.so knock it off with that crazy talk.

Drugs in any form is dangerous to humanity and its promoters should be hanged. The link reference given in the article has no scientific reference other than that of a promotional activity.

Keep away from gays and drug traffickers. Save yourself, your children, your family and Nation from these drug criminals.

Promoting drugs is a kind of war against the humanity and the Nation.

I hope Talebans might be behind these promoters.

ahh yes the facts the facts the facts. i can read em all day. (exhale)

Legalizing marijuana in the US is logical, forward-thinking and NOT going to happen.

The “war on drugs” has ballooned into a massive $15 Billion-a-year, for profit industry, employing some of the most powerful groups in society: law enforcement, prisons, advertisers, so-called community leaders, so called educators, etc.

The opposition to any federal move to legalize pot would be massive. There are just too many people making money preaching against, arresting and locking up marijuana dealers and users. They won’t allow their paycheck and power to disappear without a bloody and well-funded fight, and eveyone knows they would win.

The other reason pot won’t be legalized in the US is that any politician with serious career aspirations would never be crazy enough to run on a pot legalization platform, even if they thought it was right. (and certainly many do) It’s just too easy for the opposition to knock that stance, and they know they would lose the election and be labeled as pro-drugs.

It really is a shame that we continue to spend huge piles of billions and expend so much energy and talent, just to lock people up for smoking a weed. But don’t you see? It’s the self interests of the “drug warriors” that keep this country from doing the right thing.

Giving the people more options does not make money for the government. Giving people more freedom does not make money for the government. We the people need to find a way to let the "government of the people," know how we feel. Fight meth, crack and cocaine addiction. Help out the thousands of americans that live with the needle. Tax it, regulate it keep it away from the criminal underground. Stop locking up teachers, students, working people next to violent criminals. One day....One day....

Free the smiles!

What bothers me most is, when they start wars based on lies, leave us with the wreckage and get to ride off into the sunset.

Ronald Reagan started the 'war on drugs' based on lies and distortion. He was able to utter these words and no one held him accountable.

"I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast" - Ronald Reagan

That was just wrong. Even our Presidents should not be able to lie in plain sight and not be shamed for doing it. Wars should be based on fact, not lies and spin.

Great post connie!

The damned anti-drug commercials are the biggest source of misinformation and straight out LIES I've ever seen!

Cannabis makes me smile. The information available about cannabis warms my heart. I 'hope' President Obama rights the wrongs of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and removes cannabis hemp from the Dangerous Substance List.

I like talking cannabis. The Republican vs Democrat conversations just gets too nasty. I tried, but why do something which makes me angry? Let's talk cannabis hemp and smile!