“Cannabis is good! I read it on Facebook – Amazing product!”

The prevalence of cannabis use is rising among the US population.1 As cannabis continues to be legalized throughout the USA, people are turning to the internet and social media for information about its potential health benefits.2,3 In this study, we characterize internet claims about the health benefits of cannabis use in the lay press and evaluate the evidence base supporting those claims.
Social contagion based experimentation with cannabis is incredibly risky, especially when patients turn to ‘Social Media Pot Physicians’ The Journal of General Internal Medicine found that fewer than 5% of claims made for cannabis on the internet were true; more than 80% were patently false. (Source: Internet Claims on the Health Benefits of Cannabis Use - PMC (nih.gov)
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