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Many urban legends and misconceptions about drugs have been created and circulated among young people and the general public, with varying degrees of veracity. These are commonly repeated by organizations which oppose all classified drug use, often causing the true effects and dangers of drugs to be misunderstood and less scrutinized.
McDonald's marijuana lounges – One of several McDonald's urban legends purports that the company's restaurants in Colorado are converting children's playgrounds to lounges for on-premises cannabis consumption. Circulated via Internet fake news sites since 2015, and has been disavowed by a McDonald's spokesperson.
The Claudia Black Young Adult Center, a drug treatment provider in Arizona, likewise insists that "fentanyl-laced marijuana is on the rise," citing the 2021 report from Connecticut.
Many article in the South African media on 'whoonga', 'nyaope' or ‘sugars’ contain claims that have later been shown by scientific studies to be urban legends. [5] Among others these urban legends include: Bluetoothing. In early 2017, sensationalist media reports claimed that ‘nyaope’ users shared the drug-induced high through small ...
The pot brownies food stamps hoax was a hoax and urban legend circulated the internet around 2014 claiming that marijuana brownies, commonly known pot brownies, could be purchased in Colorado with food stamps from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Josh Peck is opening up about past addictions to drugs, alcohol and food. The former child star , now 35, reveals for the first time that he got sober in 2008 — the year after his Nickelodeon ...
An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements. Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture.
KFC Is Smuggled Across Borders. One of the strangest smuggling stories in recent memory was a New York Times' report of a service using secret tunnels to deliver KFC from Egypt to Gaza. At an ...