MYTH #3 “Marijuana doesn’t give you a hangover, so that indicates it doesn’t have any long-term effects.”

FACT “Unlike alcohol, which is soluble in water and rapidly washed out of the body, THC and related cannabinoids in marijuana are fat-soluble and can remain and accumulate in the body for a week or longer after marijuana is smoked.”​—NY “Times.”

“A recent controlled study with rhesus monkeys has demonstrated lasting structural changes in the brain” waves (EEG) after marijuana use.​—“Patient Care” magazine.

MYTH #5 “Marijuana is a simple, relatively mild drug, comparable to alcohol.”

FACT Alcohol is a “simple” drug in the sense that it contains a single active substance, ethyl alcohol. Marijuana contains, at latest count, over 400 different chemicals. Scientists have no idea what some of them do, but others are known to be dangerous.