For the Culture By The Culture. ISSN: 3064-9331.
Cannabis Lies Vol. 14 dismantles the fentanyl-laced weed rumor with New York public-health guidance, DEA fentanyl data, CDC overdose statistics, and the Connecticut case often used to inflate the panic. The article separates real fentanyl risks from unsupported cannabis scare tactics and shows how prohibition turns an opioid crisis into a marijuana myth.
Louisiana says HB 568 protects schools. Critics see something older beneath the language: another expansion of marijuana enforcement through invisible school-zone boundaries. As lawmakers rebuild cannabis penalties around geography and fear, the state’s long relationship with punishment politics comes roaring back into view.
The lazy stoner stereotype was never science. Cannabis can impair performance, and heavy use can cause real problems, but global data, workplace research, motivation studies, and impairment science do not support treating every cannabis user as lazy, unsafe, or broken. Cannabis Lies Vol. 12 separates real risk from recycled prohibition propaganda.
Cannabis Lies Vol. 11 dismantles the claim that adult-use legalization created a runaway teen cannabis crisis. Federal and state data show a more complicated reality: youth use has not exploded, but prevention still matters, especially around vaping, high THC products, mental health, and vulnerable teens.
Legal cannabis is often blamed for rising traffic deaths, but federal data tells a more complicated story. NHTSA findings, toxicology limitations, and conflicting crash studies reveal that THC presence is not a reliable measure of impairment. This investigation breaks down how flawed testing and policy shortcuts have shaped the narrative around so-called stoned driving.
A new cannabis study claims marijuana does nothing for anxiety, depression, or PTSD. The reality is far more complicated. Decades of federal restrictions, limited research access, and synthetic substitutes have shaped the science. This breakdown exposes how incomplete data and selective interpretation continue to drive misleading headlines about cannabis and mental health.