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Marijuana Facts: More Common Marijuana Myths Dispelled

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Marijuana Myth: Marijuana has a direct effect on ones ability to concentrate.

Marijuana Facts: Marijuana, is similar to other stimuli which comes in many different varieties and strength. Research has determined that many types of bud increase awareness and physical reaction time. Sativa strains are commonly known as an intellectual stimuli, social interaction are amplified in the right conditions.

Marijuana Myth: Medical Marijuana Seeds are not as effective as regular marijuana seeds.

Marijuana Facts: Medical Marijuana Seeds have unique medical qualities much like pharmaceuticals. As long as you purchase your seed from a quality Medical Marijuana Seed seed bank, you can be assured the quality and consistancy are the same as seeds from cannabis cup winning seed banks.

Marijuana Myth: Current strains of Cannabis are more potent than many years ago.

Marijuana Facts: Some legendary cannabis strains from the 70's like Colombian Gold exceeded 20 percent THC content. However, many of these plants were only available to specific regions of the U.S. west coast. Today, access to world class genetics is far easier due to the internet and some respected seed banks that have taken these original land race strains and bred them with other exotic plants from around the world, like Thai and Afghan strains to create new and exciting hybrid crosses.

Marijuana Myth: Amsterdam is the Marijuana Mecca

Marijuana Facts: California might be famous for great weather and earthquakes, but it also is home to marijuana culture and world class marijuana strains. Since the early 60"s California has been acquiring and cultivating some of the most potent and elite strains found anywhere on the planet. However, California reached a point in the 80's when bud was targeted by their home-grown governor who became president (Ronald Regan), that unfortunately wiped out many of the world class strains that had been preserved in California for years.

This went on for more than a decade which forced the most respected growers to move to friendlier pastures in order to avoid the law and Holland looked promising. The Dutch are known for their horticultural prowess, and a marijuana counter culture began to build momentum. MeanwhileAlso, back in North America many growers were migrating to the very liberalanother pot friendly location on the Canadian west coast city of Vancouver. Due of the welcoming and understanding cultures in Amsterdam and Vancouver, marijuana is flourisihing and many great new strains have surfaced.

Amsterdam might be known worldwide as ground zero for marijuana, but Humboldt county California, due to major law changes in favor of medicinal marijuana, is the true epicenter of marijuana.

Marijuana Myth: Frequent marijuana use causes cancer.

Marijuana Facts: The chances of getting cancer by using marijuana is minuscule. Tobacco smokers generally smoke a pack a day for many years, however not many people smoke cannabis to that extent in order to be at risk of cancer. Research done by the University of California in the 90's determined that even prolonged use of cannabis does not cause any harmful lung effects. Cancer risk from many ordinary food (meat, sugar) are far more serious cancer potential posed by smoking marijuana. Respiratory health hazards and cancer dangers can be completely removed by using a quality marijuana vaporizer.

Marijuana Myth: Marijuana has more than four hundred chemical ingredients, thus confirming that it is a health hazard.

Marijuana Facts: Coffee has more than 1,000 chemical ingredients. Rat poison contains only 30 chemicals. Many vegetables have harmful chemical ingredients. There is no correlation between the amount of chemical ingredients in a given substance and its harmfulness. Opponents of the legalization of marijuana quote this disceptive statistic to make marijuana appear dangerous.

Marijuana Myth: Marijuana is a gateway drug.

Marijuana Facts: The United States government have done research that shows that over 75 percent of all Americans who use cannabis never move on to use hard drugs. The gateway-drug theory has surfaced because of a lack of understanding. Using such blatantly-flawed logic, alcohol should be considered the gateway-drug because most cocaine and heroin addicts began their drug use with beer or wine not cannabis.

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