I remember being told that smoking pot kills brain cells permanently. I wanted to know if something could be killed temporarily....I didn't draw a laugh at all. Just stern looks and a warning to keep my mouth shut.

I also remember being told that if you drop acid, something that was VERY common in the 70's, it would never leave your body, and you'd have flashback trips for the rest of your life. Hell, that made all the kids want to try it even more!!!

Know what's sad? I think that most police and anti-drug propagandists truly believe all the nonsense they tell kids. They have convinced themselves that smoking pot is against Christianity, against all morals, against all decent human behavior. So they are easy to convince that all those ridiculous stories about going insane the first time you try it, etc, are true. And then the stories just keeping spreading to the next generation of kids who realize they are being lied to, so they tune out their parents, teachers, etc.