The age old idea that marijuana kills your brain cells has finally been put to rest. This notion came from a test conducted many years ago by a man who was already not very fond of weed. In the test, two groups of monkeys were monitored with one receiving no marijuana and one receiving the equivalent of thirty joints a day. As one might expect, the monkeys exposed to marijuana slowly withered and died within ninety days which was looked at as proof of marijuana’s negative side effects on the body. The monkeys were dissected and found to have fewer brain cells than the control group. But what we weren’t told was that the other group of monkeys had the smoke forced on them by having their heads encased while smoke was pumped in to the containers. What Really Happened Once it was found out that these monkeys were not smoking but forced to take the smoke in to their lungs, the race was on to find some evidence for the positive effects of marijuana. What was really discovered would leave readers and reporters everywhere stunned. While the one group of monkeys was forced to smoke for five minutes a day, there was no ventilation in their head casings. This allowed for no escape of the carbon monoxide they breathed out which led to the decay of the brain cells in monkeys. So...