The short answer: No. The long answer: The reason why you ask this is because you probably heard or read somewhere that marijuana damages brain cells, or makes you stupid. These claims are untrue. The first one — marijuana kills brain cells — is based on research done during the second Reefer Madness Movement. A…
Category: THC FAQ
Isn’t Today’s Marijuana Much More Potent Than It Was In The Sixties?
Or, more often … Isn’t marijuana today 10 times more powerful than it was in the Sixties? GOOD! Actually, this is not true, but if it were, it would mean that marijuana is safer to smoke today than it was in the Sixties. (More potent cannabis means less smoking means less lung damage.) People who…
Doesn’t Marijuana Stay in Your Fat Cells and Keep You High for Months?
No. The part of marijuana that gets you high is called `Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.’ Most people just call this THC, but this is confusing: your body will change Delta-9-THC into more inert molecules known as `metabolites,’ which don’t get you high. Unfortunately, these chemicals also have the word `tetrahydrocannabinol’ in them and they are also called THC…