Mary Jane

Myth-

Marijuana is a gateway drug.
Even if marijuana itself causes minimal harm, it is a dangerous substance because it leads to the use of “ harder drugs” like LSD, heroin, and cocaine.

Fact-

Marijuana does not cause people to use hard drugs.
What the gateway theory presents as a casual explanation is a statistical association between common and uncommon drugs, an association that changes over time as different drugs increase and decrease in commonness. Most Marijuana users never use another illegal drug, and for every hundred people who try marijuana only one is a regular user of hard drugs.


Myth-

Marijuana Offenses are not severely punished.
Few marijuana law violators are arrested and hardly anyone goes to prison. This lenient treatment is responsible for marijuana’s continued availability and use.

Fact-

Marijuana arrest in the United States doubled between 1991 and 1995.
In 1995, more than one-half-million people were arrested for m...