{"id":3607,"date":"2023-05-01T10:28:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabis-is-good-i-read-it-on-facebook-amazing-product\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:00:29","slug":"cannabis-is-good-i-read-it-on-facebook-amazing-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabis-is-good-i-read-it-on-facebook-amazing-product\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCannabis is good! I read it on Facebook \u2013 Amazing product!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The prevalence of cannabis use is rising among the US population.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8606495\/#CR1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>&nbsp;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.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8606495\/#CR2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8606495\/#CR3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>&nbsp;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.<br \/>Social contagion based experimentation with cannabis is incredibly risky, especially when patients turn to \u2018Social Media Pot Physicians\u2019 The&nbsp;Journal of General Internal Medicine&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8606495\/\">found<\/a>&nbsp;that fewer than 5% of claims made for cannabis on the internet were true; more than 80% were patently false. (Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8606495\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internet Claims on the Health Benefits of Cannabis Use &#8211; PMC (nih.gov)<\/a><br \/>Also see<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabis-pain-media-hype-the-placebo-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cannabis &amp; Pain \u2013 Media Hype &amp; the&nbsp;Placebo&nbsp;Reality?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabis-does-more-harm-than-good-health-officials-warn-doctors-against-prescribing-the-drug-for-ailments-as-the-effects-outweigh-the-minor-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cannabis does more harm than good: Health officials warn doctors against prescribing the drug for ailments as the effects outweigh the minor benefits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/study-shows-no-benefit-with-cbd-thc-for-peripheral-neuropathic-pain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Study Shows No Benefit With CBD, THC for Peripheral Neuropathic Pain<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prevalence of cannabis use is rising among the US population.1&nbsp;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&nbsp;In this study, we characterize internet claims about the health benefits of cannabis use in the lay press and evaluate the 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