claim: a picture of a man with his head split open documents the effect of marijuana use.
question: fake anti-marijuana picture rips off ‘walking dead’ producer
origin: a widely-circulated facebook post on 26 october 2016 graphically showed what it described as the effects of marijuana use. the photograph showed a man with a badly damaged scalp and one eye bulging out of its socket, with the caption reading:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  still think marijuana is cool and hip? this guy smoked the marijuana every day for a week. and this was the result. say no to drugs people
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  within a day, the image was shared thousands of times on the social media platform. it also surfaced on twitter with the same caption.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  in reality, the picture is a shot of walking dead star steven yeun in the makeup chair, and was posted by the show’s special effects makeup head, greg nicotero, on instagram the same day.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  marijuana has a number of effects on the body, and whether or not it is deleterious over time is still a matter of debate.  however, it is safe to say that consuming marijuana will most likely not leave you with a split head and an eye pushed from its socket.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the yeun picture is, however, an example of the meme known online as faces of marijuana, a parody of anti-drug public service announcements dating back to 2011.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: a picture circulating online uses a picture of actor steven yeun while advising, "say no to drugs, people."
summary: a widely-circulated facebook post on 26 october 2016 graphically showed what it described as the effects of marijuana use. the photograph showed a man with a badly damaged scalp and one eye bulging out of its socket. in reality, the picture is a shot of walking dead star steven yeun in the makeup chair, and was posted by the show’s special effects makeup head, greg nicotero.