Some people just never give up. For over 70 years, they have propagandized about marijuana’s entirely imaginary negative effects. They said it was fatal, they said it would make you crazy, they said it would cause birth defects, they said it was as addictive as heroin and while they were saying this, they tried desperately to find some scientific evidence, some shred of a whisper of evidence, that there was something harmful about it.
Now, it’s completely legal in two U.S. States, and Uruguay. Also, its medicinal uses are finally starting to be realized. It should be overwhelmingly obvious to everybody that the original claims were wrong.
But, some people just never give up. Every couple of weeks you hear news of some recent government study which proves, absolutely, that marijuana is the devil’s rose. This latest one says that long term, heavy use will make a certain part of the brain shrink. (although it simultaneously increases the connectivity of neurons in that section, so it seems like it should be a draw.)
The headlines screamed “Marijuana May Cause Brain Abnormalities.” Well, to be fair, they did say ‘may.’ But, the long and short of it is, they’ve got nothing and, even if they had something, they’d have nothing. Back when we were hippies, back when smoking pot was a social statement, and not just a pleasant after-dinner ritual, brain abnormalities was kind of what we were looking for. We’d seen normal and we were not impressed. The goal was to open the Doors of Perception, to Break on Through to the Other Side, to reach Nirvana, to alter our minds.
That isn’t even a negative.
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