5 Viral Cannabis Myths Debunked

5 Viral Cannabis Myths Debunked

5 Viral Cannabis Myths Debunked

Don’t you hate when people share dubious information without checking it on SNOPES.com first? If you’re not in the know, Snopes is a fact-checking website dedicated to tracking down the origins of falsehoods, rumors, myths and lies that often end up in your inbox in the form of chain emails, email forwards and now memes.

Here are some recent cannabis myths debunked by Snopes.com:

Myth: Drug sniffing dogs are euthanized when cannabis becomes legalized.

Truth: Police dogs typically stay with their handlers when retired. They’re well socialized in order to be at ease with the public and would make adoptable pets. The dogs don’t need to be retrained. They simply stop using cannabis as a training aid and focus on other drugs like meth and cocaine. When the dog is no longer rewarded for cannabis, they stop caring about it.

Myth: Fisher-Price releases toy bong for kids.

Truth: Sorry, it was a creative photoshop prank.

Myth: Tommy Chong is dead. (ongoing)

Truth: He’s not. Check his wife Shelby’s Twitter feed for regular death hoax updates.

Myth: Florida passed a recreational cannabis law.

Truth: Cannabis not recreationally legal in Florida.

Myth: Trump promised to legalize cannabis in all 50 states.

Truth: Completely false. Not even a little bit true.

Don’t you hate when people share dubious information without checking it on SNOPES.com first? If you’re not in the know, Snopes is a fact-checking website dedicated to tracking down the origins of falsehoods, rumors, myths and lies that often end up in your inbox in the form of chain emails, email forwards and now memes.Don’t you hate when people share dubious information without checking it on SNOPES.com first? If you’re not in the know, Snopes is a fact-checking website dedicated to tracking down the origins of falsehoods, rumors, myths and lies that often end up in your inbox in the form of chain emails, email forwards and now memes.