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Top 5 Popular Myths About Drug Use


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anti-drug that I am above suspicion in
any way that involves suspicions or
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drinking vinegar is the best way to be a
drug test ah damn dude oh we’ve all had
to do it
chugging down a bottle of vinegar to
trick the drug administrator into
believing your pee isn’t filled with
traces of illegal drugs oh you haven’t
that will neither of we the truth behind
this myth is that while many household
items including vinegar wim hof dilute
drugs in your system they will also
lower the pH values in your urine sample
okay this is a surefire way to ensure
that your tests will be disqualified
immediately as drug testers can tell
when your sample have been tampered with
for a person where are German yes sir
myth number four PCP makes people
violent and powerful oh this stuff moves
refilled strong dude invented in the
1920s and developed as a human
anesthetic in the 50s this drug soon
became a staple in the repertoire of any
self-respecting hippie the drug was
quickly demonized by the media which
informed listeners that those who
ingested PCP were likely to become
violent while occasionally exhibiting
bouts of superhuman strength what about
when you punched through the windshield
it was probably on PCP as awesome as a
drug that turns you into Superman sounds
it simply doesn’t exist a report out of
the University of Maryland found that
those who become violent while taking
PCP often have a history of violence it
also found that apparent increases in
strength are simply the result of the
user being unaware of the dangers of
their actions myth number three crack
babies exist
right this crack rate due to a mid-80s
media blitz that saw the issue of crack
cocaine explode across television
screens from coast to coast it became
widely accepted that physical
deficiencies in babies born from
drug-addicted mothers were so-called
crack babies nightly news reports which
show images of tiny children
experiencing body tremors that many
attributes is a parental drug abuse six
hours old screaming its heart out
because it’s going through withdrawal
the truth was that these kids were born
premature and we’re simply exhibiting
the related symptoms while many
predicted as a health care system would
have to shell out billions of dollars in
pay for the crack babies their fears
were unfounded the reality is that by
time these poor labeled children hit the
age of six they were no different from
the rest of their classmates myth number
two if it’s natural then it’s safe as
that no pills no pilot rate right if it
grows in the ground it’s probably okay
everyone had that friend in high school
that would preach if you grow drugs in
the ground it’s safe it’s the ones that
are made in the back of Winnebagos that
you should avoid the problem with that
tiny little stamp is that it’s wrong
very wrong ever heard of a little thing
called opium it comes from poppies that
grow in you guessed it the earth not
only is opium highly addictive it’s also
extremely dangerous my fact some are
scarier yours sure you’re stuck not
convinced a 2010 study that ranked drugs
by the harm they caused users and others
found that marijuana causes more harm to
the user than ecstasy and LSD the next
time someone tries to tell you that
natural drugs are safe drugs you can
refer them to this video calipari myth
number one marijuana is a gateway drug
5:23 authority figures have been shoving
it down our throats for decades
grandstanding to society that if you
smoke the reefer you will inevitably
turn to harder drugs while it’s true
that the majority of people who abuse
harder drugs such as cocaine and heroin
got their start smoking weed whether or
not it actually causes them to escalate
their tendencies is yet to be proven
correlation and causation are two very
different things and there are plenty of
reasons why a person who smokes
marijuana
I might choose to do harder drugs
factors such as socio-economic standing
location and peer pressure are all
reasons why someone might take a pill or
ecstasy or smoke crack need more proof
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