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A McMaster led analysis of two Canadian mental health surveys is getting recycled as a weed panic story, even though the design can only show association. This piece breaks down what the data can actually support, what it cannot prove, and how headlines turn survey correlations into causal claims that fuel stigma, bad policy, and lazy coverage.
For decades, junk science has fueled cannabis prohibition, from bogus chromosome scares to today’s clickbait about weed causing diabetes. Despite billions in tax revenue and no overdose deaths, scare studies dominate headlines while real-world data proves otherwise. This piece exposes how research funding, media bias, and political agendas keep cannabis criminalized despite all evidence.
The Guardian’s latest “study” on cannabis paranoia collapses under scrutiny. Pot Culture Magazine dismantles the fear-mongering, exposing flawed data, cherry-picked experts, and the hypocrisy of ignoring alcohol’s far greater risks. This hard-hitting feature shreds lazy reporting, defends patients, and calls out the panic industry for what it is: a profitable lie meant to keep prohibition alive.
Another study, another misleading headline. The media is at it again, twisting nuanced cannabis research into fear-mongering clickbait. Here’s what The Independent got wrong and why this keeps happening
Ever feel like the right company makes you higher? Science backs it up. Your brain thrives on social energy, mirror neurons, and dopamine boosts from the right stoner circle. The difference between euphoric highs and paranoid freakouts often comes down to the people around you. Choose your smoking crew wisely—your high depends on it.
Unmasking the myth with hard evidence, a new study proves that regular cannabis users are just as motivated—if not more—than the non-users. Gone are the days of the lazy stoner stereotype; welcome to the era of high achievers
