Even though Youtube wasn’t around yet, my early childhood benefited from the internet and the information I could get from it.
Back then we would visit AOL pages for homework help whenever we needed assistance with math problems or vocabulary definitions.
I didn’t realize how privileged I was at the time compared to what was offered to my parents in the 1960s. They used to tell me about their treks to the library in search of answers to simple questions that you could find with any major search engine by the time I reached middle school. We still went to the library, but more often than not the librarians would help us find answers on the computers at the library as often as we would refer to actual books sitting on the shelves. These days people wouldn’t bother going to a library to find answers to their burning questions, but this is a double-edged sword. On one hand, I think that it’s great that a lot of people can read more about cannabis on the internet by browsing places like forums, groups, and blogs, but this comes at the danger of falling for misinformation. People might not even realize that the information they’re putting on the internet is false or misleading, but that doesn’t excuse it. There are too many myths and misconceptions about the cannabis plant that spread like wildfire on social media websites. That’s why I make sure I’m getting my information about cannabis from a reliable source. People making comments on social media are not a good example of trustworthy sources, except of course if the person in question is in fact an expert.