Talk:Urban legends about drugs

Cannabis, "genetic modification"
> Some versions of this legend claim the potency change is due to "genetic modification," a term which often evokes fear in the popular consciousness, but there is no hard evidence that anything other than selective breeding and enhanced growing techniques are behind the change.

Genetic modification doesn't have to mean precise, genetic engineering. The use of mutagenic compounds, to induce mutations to the DNA or for example to double the chromosomes in a cell, are not uncommon in todays professional breeding processes and cannabis is no exception.

Another example includes "100% female" seeds, which are strains without hermaphrodite traits, that are being pollinated with itself through usage of gibbelin acid, which is a plant hormone that provokes male flowers on a female plant.

Both applications are detailed in: Marijuana Grower's Handbook | Ed Rosenthal | ISBN: 9780932551023 --2003:CB:A70E:BCDB:2034:E0A0:FB66:AB04 (talk) 12:26, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Fentanyl

 * Myths and misinformation about law enforcement and fentanyl exposure:
 * Sheriff who warned of fentanyl-laced weed says test erred

MDMA 'holes in the brain'
The final reference in this section of the article is to the website of someone who has self-proclaimed her recovery from addiction to multiple drugs.


 * 1) Is this a neutral point of view?
 * 2) Have her claims been verified by a reliable source?  (No, "Oprah" and "True Life" are not reliable.)

203.206.21.154 (talk) 07:01, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Cheese heroin is not a myth
It is more common to use diphenhydramine sleep aid without acetaminophen such as simply sleep or sominex. But it is a fairly common thing in Dallas Fort Worth. Here’s a link from a archived file on justice.gov go to page 9 third paragraph https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs23/23253/23253p.pdf 2603:8080:2D05:4A00:3978:F62A:50EF:5D0 (talk) 21:36, 29 May 2023 (UTC)