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Anti-drug activists think that a few puffs on a joint will turn you into a red-eyed, unemployed psychopath – probably for life. But is marijuana actually that bad for you? With several American states having decriminalised the herb for personal use, scientists have suddenly had the chance to see what cannabis actually does on a mass scale. And guess what? Cannabis actually has some VERY surprising health benefits.  Here’s a few. Smoking weed makes you thinner – or at least less likely to be obese You might not think it after you’ve watched a munchie-struck stoner devour an entire KFC family bucket in one go, but dope smokers are less likely to be obese. A study in the journal Obesity found that regular weed smokers are less likely to be obese than non-smokers. The researchers from Conference of Quebec University Health Centers looked at 700 adults aged 18-74 – and found that cannabis users tend to have low body mass index scores (often taken as a sign o...

Today, a Utah DEA stood up and claimed, in all seriousness, that if dope was legalised, rabbits would turn into kamikaze stoners. Worse, he was actually sober at the time. But the ‘crazy rabbits’ argument isn’t actually the most insane one employed by anti-cannabis advocates over the years.  Smoking weed makes white women sleep with black men This was actually one of the earliest arguments against weed, employed (frequently) by boss of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Harry Anslinger. ‘This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and others,’ he said.  One joint makes you criminally insane Watch Reefer Madness. The guy smokes a joint, then is put in an asylum ‘for the rest of his natural life’. JESUS! This stuff should totally be illegal!  ‘It’s not the same as the weed I smoked at Woodstock’ Anti-weed activists frequently claim that skunk is a totally di...