Debunking government/media anti-pot propaganda

Alternet.org:

5 Things the Corporate Media and Government Don't Want You to Know About Marijuana

News outlets continue to ignore research that belies government anti-pot propaganda.

Last September I penned an essay for Alternet entitled Five Things the Corporate Media Don’t Want You to Know About Cannabis. In it I proposed, “[N]ews outlets continue to, at best, underreport the publication of scientific studies that undermine the federal government's longstanding pot propaganda and, at worst, ignore them all together.” Nearly one year later little has changed.

Here are five additional stories the mainstream media doesn't want you to know about cannabis.

1. Long-term marijuana use is associated with lower risks of certain cancers, including head and neck cancer.

2. Most Americans acknowledge that pot is safer than booze.

3. The enforcement of marijuana laws is racially discriminatory.

4. Marijuana may be helpful, not harmful, to people with schizophrenia.

5. Workplace drug testing programs don’t identify impaired employees or reduce on-the-job accidents.

Read the entire article here.