Miley Cyrus: Reading Facebook comments is worse for you than smoking weed

Miley Cyrus: Reading Facebook comments is worse for you than smoking weed
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If you found this article via social media, you may have done more damage to your brain than if you had instead used drugs. So says Miley Cyrus, who in an interview with Sunday Night pushed back against the perceived dangers of marijuana.

When asked how she could tout the aphorism "love your brain" and yet smoke pot, Cyrus said she "was brought up in the way that we never thought marijuana was bad."

"You know what hurts your brain? Googling yourself," she said. "You know what hurts your brain? Instagram. You know what hurts your brain? Sitting there reading comments on Facebook."

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Cyrus' remarks are unlikely to result in a concerned-parent-driven "Just Say No To Instagram" campaign.

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