NASA marijuana experiments hoax

{{Short description|2016–2018 internet hoax}}

The NASA marijuana experiments is a 2016–2018 internet hoax purporting to document NASA's payment of $18,000 to volunteers to conduct bed rest experiments where they were furnished with marijuana to smoke during the experiment. NASA confirms that bed rest experiments were conducted, but never involved marijuana.{{Cite news|url=https://www.zmescience.com/space/fake-nasa-weed-in-bed/|title=No, silly, NASA won't pay you to smoke weed in bed for three months|last=Puiu|first=Tibi|date=March 2, 2016|work=ZME Science|access-date=November 19, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/hilarious-hoaxes-fake-news-stories-that-will-make-you-wonder-what-nasas-been-smoking-723398|title=Hilarious hoaxes: Fake news stories that will make you wonder what NASA's been smoking!|last=Jha|first=Nupur|date=April 17, 2017|work=International Business Times|access-date=November 19, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/dda2098db7ab495e8b4ee0ab9d5d444e|title=NASA didn't pay people to smoke marijuana|date=February 10, 2018|work=Associated Press|access-date=November 19, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.factcheck.org/2017/05/nasa-wont-pay-smoke-weed/|title=NASA Won't Pay You to Smoke Weed|last=Kiely|first=Eugene|date=May 26, 2017|work=FactCheck.org|access-date=November 19, 2018}} Facebook refuted the viral story as part of its efforts to combat fake news.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/may/24/blog-posting/persistent-story-about-nasa-paying-people-18000-li/|title=Persistent story about NASA paying people $18,000 to lie in bed and smoke ganja is fake|last=Gillin|first=Joshua|date=May 24, 2017|work=PolitiFact|access-date=November 19, 2018}}

The hoax may have been spun from a real 2014 news story by VICE columnist Andrew Iwanicki in which he documented his experience as a NASA bed-rest test subject.{{Cite news|url=https://merryjane.com/news/no-nasa-will-not-pay-you-18k-to-smoke-weed-for-70-days|title=No, NASA Will Not Pay You $18K to Smoke Weed for 70 Days|last=Adams|first=Mike|date=July 1, 2016|work=Merry Jane|access-date=November 19, 2018}}