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."
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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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