17 1 名前: ラ ケブラーダ(神奈川県) Mail: sage 投稿日: 2014/01/04(土) 10:03:48.28 ID: jWxsXn8O0 A story about marijuana overdoses killing 37 people in Colorado on the first day of pot legalization is a hoax, but thousands are believing the fake news story.
The satire website The Daily Currant published the story on January 2. It has been liked on Facebook over 11,000 times.
The story purportedly cites a report in Rocky Mountain News that said 37 people died on January 1, the first day marijuana was legalized in Colorado.
Marijuana was legalized in the state on New Year’s Day, but no one died from overdosing. The Rocky Mountain News was an actual media outlet, but shut down several years ago.
Fake news stories are increasingly combining real and fake elements to confuse unsuspecting people.