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Can Marijuana Help Heal Broken Bones?

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Alex Kasprak
Nov. 26, 2016 Several studies suggest that a specific constituent of cannabis could aid in the healing of brok ...
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What Were the Consequences of Legalizing Weed in Colorado?

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Dan MacGuill
Feb. 14, 2018 A newspaper editorial gets some facts right, and some wrong, in weighing up the consequences of ...
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Did the National Cancer Institute 'Finally Admit' That Marijuana Kills Cancer?

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Alex Kasprak
June 4, 2018 Viral stories falsely suggest that a NIH fact sheet was “quietly” amended to state that cannabis ...
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4,200 Free Joints to Be Given Away Before Trump’s Inauguration

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Alex Kasprak
Jan. 4, 2017 “One way to Make America Great Again is to acknowledge the failure of the war on drugs,” the eve ...
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Will Legalizing Marijuana Exacerbate the United States' Opioid Epidemic?

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Alex Kasprak
Feb. 23, 2017 White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer suggested that the Trump administration will likely enfo ...
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Did a Colorado Infant Become the 'First Pot Overdose Death'?

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Alex Kasprak
Nov. 17, 2017 “We are absolutely not saying that marijuana killed that child,” the co-author of a recently mis ...
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Is This a Pic of Marijuana Under a Scanning Electron Microscope?

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Dan Evon
July 31, 2020 Marijuana does not look nearly this colorful unless, possibly, you're under its influence.
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Has Newport Introduced Marijuana Cigarettes on Sale Worldwide?

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Kim LaCapria
Dec. 8, 2016 Rumor holds that Newport will soon be selling mass-produced joints under the brand name "Newport ...
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Smoking Bedbugs to Get High

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David Mikkelson
April 10, 2014 Rumor: Schoolkids are smoking and injecting crushed bedbugs to get high from a hallucinogenic su ...
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Did Most States That Legalized Marijuana Use Ban Marijuana Users from Owning Guns?

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Dan MacGuill
Jan. 18, 2019 A meme misrepresented the reasons why it is illegal for cannabis users to also be gun owners.
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Did Canada Pay Off Entire Federal Debt One Day After Marijuana Legalization?

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Dan Evon
Oct. 22, 2018 "You’re crippled with debt one day, and the next it’s all vanished into thin air."
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Are edibles a danger to kids on Halloween

Marijuana Edibles, Halloween Candy, and a History of Hysteria

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Dan Evon
Oct. 25, 2021 We didn't find a single case of a person purposefully giving children marijuana edibles on Hallo ...
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Can Marijuana Use Lead to Simultaneous Screaming and Vomiting?

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Alex Kasprak
Dec. 7, 2017 A story employed the colorful portmanteau term "scromiting" to describe an illness potentially r ...
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Attorney General Sessions Orders Return to Pre-Obama Marijuana Enforcement

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Dan MacGuill
Jan. 5, 2018 The move has caused uncertainty in the legal cannabis industry just days after California opened ...
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Did 'Mexican Drug Cartels' Start the California Wildfires?

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Dan MacGuill
Oct. 17, 2017 Disreputable web sites provide no evidence to support a half-baked theory about the cause of the ...
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Doctor writing a prescription on a prescription pad with an open container of marijuana buds.

Two New Studies Suggest Opioid Prescriptions Drop in States with Legalized Marijuana

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Alex Kasprak
April 4, 2018 The findings run counter to political arguments against legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
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Is a Newly Introduced Congressional Marijuana Bill Actually Numbered H.R. 420?

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Alex Kasprak
Jan. 10, 2019 "The bill number may be a bit tongue-in-cheek,” U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer told a local newspaper ...
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A white woman named Audrey Lorber was arrested in Russia with 19 grams of THC and was released in two months far less time than the nine years that Brittney Griner a black woman received after being arrested with only 0.7 grams of THC.

Is the Meme About Brittney Griner and Audrey Lorber True?

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Jordan Liles
Aug. 11, 2022 According to the meme, a white American named Audrey Lorber received far less jail time in Russi ...
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Did Chelsea Clinton Say That Marijuana Is Killing People?

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Kim LaCapria
Sept. 28, 2016 Chelsea Clinton made factually questionable statements about marijuana during a September 2016 c ...
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Dr. Charles Stanley from First Baptist Church Atlanta never endorsed CBD oil or CBD gummies or keto products as scammers were simply using his image and likeness without permission.

Atlanta Pastor Charles Stanley Did Not Endorse CBD Gummies

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Jordan Liles
July 22, 2022 Scammers pushing CBD oil and gummies appeared to have first begun using his image and likeness s ...
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