The legalization of cannabis for recreational use in many states has improved the common depiction people have of cannabis usage.

There’s a significant rise in the recreational usage of marijuana after its legalization for recreational purposes in 9 states and for medical usage in 31 states. Stigma affixed with cannabis is diminishing and people are more awarded of its positive effects and role in medical usage. And the number of People applying for medical marijuana cards in Riverside, Las Angeles, and San Francisco and other parts of California have hiked since its legalization for recreational usage in 2016.

In spite of cannabis being legalized in most states, there are still a few misconceptions that people have about marijuana and its products. As cannabis is more commonly available now, it is important to know the truth behind certain things to evade any hoax about cannabis.

Here Are Common Myths Related to Cannabis

Gateway Drug

Cannabis is among the most popular drugs in the world and can be found in most parts of the world. Even wild cannabis is found in many places without any human intervention. Though alcohol and tobacco are generally the first substances people use, they are more popular and easily available than cannabis, people relate cannabis as a gateway drug. 

It might be true that people who lean on to other drugs have consumed cannabis before but it doesn’t mean that they are correlated. 

There is a significantly more number of cannabis users as compared to people who use hard drugs like cocaine or heroin, which states that cannabis is not a gateway drug. 

Cannabis is Fatal

Fatality in relevance to cannabis is also something that makes people frightened about its usage. There isn’t even a single death confirmed by cannabis overdose. Though that could be true that cannabis is a contributing factor in altering the lifestyle of its users and could be responsible for the accidents happening in its influence. Safe use of cannabis while relishing its recreational effects for the most part is in our hands. 

If we talk about the long term effects of cannabis over some other commonly abused and legal substances like tobacco and alcohol, you would be surprised by the statistics. 

People who are chain smokers are likely to develop cardiovascular diseases and illnesses related to lungs. According to this WHO report and 6 million people die every year the medical illnesses related to tobacco use while alcohol tops the chart with 6 million yearly deaths worldwide. 

While prolonged use of cannabis is mostly related to fainted memory and short-acting paranoia. Its effects are subjective to the user, and excessive use could bring significant lifestyle changes. Cannabis use could be unhealthy for the people with underlying medical illnesses(cannabis-induced psychosis), and is not best suited for adolescent use. 

Cannabis Users Are Lazy

Cannabis use is often related to laziness, it’s true that depending upon the cannabinoids composition in a cannabis strain or product could produce sleep-inducing efforts in many cases. It is true that cannabis usage earlier in life could inhibit the development of the brain, but it is not evident that cannabis is associated with lower intelligence or motivation. 
This particular study shows that in spite of evident research people continue to assert that cannabis lowers down the motivation, though according to this research it is not so the case here. Yes, it is true that being couch-locked for hours could lead you to procrastinate your tasks, but it is also related to picking up the wrong time and day for smoking up your favorite cannabis strain. Smoking responsibly could avail you of its benefits and moreover, stress-relieving properties of cannabis in most cases calm down the person and could even boost up productivity.