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Today the same media is praising Cannabis and CBD, and says that marijuana is the miracle cure for depression, ... Of course, you can't question that, especial

Today the same media is praising Cannabis and CBD, and says that marijuana is the miracle cure for depression, ... Of course, you can't question that, especially on HN where every anti-cannabis opinion is downvoted.

kibwen 7y ago
This is a sweeping statement, can I ask for at least one sourced example? I've seen no source attempting to claim that marijuana is a miracle cure for depression, or that CBD is anything other than a fad propped up by a regulatory fluke. At most, I have seen articles regarding the potentially beneficial painkilling effects of marijuana for terminal cancer patients.
- same_as_today 7y ago
  All of these articles from very reputable sources say that many view marijuana as a miracle cure. Of course, they are balanced and also question this narrative, but why do they say this view is widespread? > How one molecule from the cannabis plant came to be seen as a therapeutic cure-all: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/14/magazine/cbd-cannabis-cure.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/14/magazine/cbd-... > More Australians are using medicinal cannabis to treat a host of health problems as reports of its supposed healing powers flood the media: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/11/medicinal-cannabis-the-hype-is-strong-but-the-evidence-is-weak https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/11/medicinal-ca... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/05/cbd-a-marijuana-miracle-or-another-health-fad-cannabidiol-anxiety-epilepsy https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/05/cbd-a-mariju... https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/25/marijuana-pot-treatment-children-autism-cannabis-oil/100381156/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/25/marijuan...
saiya-jin 7y ago
That's an extreme view, don't know where you are getting positive-only information feed. Like any mind-altering substance, it has its positives and drawbacks which are different from person to person. For me personally, the benefits far outweigh drawbacks. In society where things like alcohol and cigarettes/tobacco are perfectly fine although they provably destroy endless stream of families, lives and bring one of the worst possible (and costly to society) ways to die, having cannabis illegal is unfair and illogical. US prisons full of small time weed offenders, an event that effectively ruins one's professional life. Read a bit about history and why it was banned in US, which then pushed it to the rest of the world. Even to places like India where its used as religious plant for millennia. I strongly welcome legalization and hope the movement comes to Europe, and rest of the world soon. Society is better off if it is legalized (and regulated for things like access to minors/psychiatric patients, strength, purity etc). Now to advise it as panacea for mental issues is plain stupid. Go see an expert, that's why we have them. Same would go for stuff like LSD.
s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
Purely anecdotal, but cannabis helps w/ my depression and migraines. I've been smoking for 10 years now. I don't really see the media praising it, it is more socially acceptable nowadays though.

kibwen 7y ago

This is a sweeping statement, can I ask for at least one sourced example? I've seen no source attempting to claim that marijuana is a miracle cure for depression, or that CBD is anything other than a fad propped up by a regulatory fluke. At most, I have seen articles regarding the potentially beneficial painkilling effects of marijuana for terminal cancer patients.

same_as_today 7y ago
All of these articles from very reputable sources say that many view marijuana as a miracle cure. Of course, they are balanced and also question this narrative, but why do they say this view is widespread? > How one molecule from the cannabis plant came to be seen as a therapeutic cure-all: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/14/magazine/cbd-cannabis-cure.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/14/magazine/cbd-... > More Australians are using medicinal cannabis to treat a host of health problems as reports of its supposed healing powers flood the media: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/11/medicinal-cannabis-the-hype-is-strong-but-the-evidence-is-weak https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/11/medicinal-ca... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/05/cbd-a-marijuana-miracle-or-another-health-fad-cannabidiol-anxiety-epilepsy https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/05/cbd-a-mariju... https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/25/marijuana-pot-treatment-children-autism-cannabis-oil/100381156/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/25/marijuan...

saiya-jin 7y ago

That's an extreme view, don't know where you are getting positive-only information feed. Like any mind-altering substance, it has its positives and drawbacks which are different from person to person. For me personally, the benefits far outweigh drawbacks. In society where things like alcohol and cigarettes/tobacco are perfectly fine although they provably destroy endless stream of families, lives and bring one of the worst possible (and costly to society) ways to die, having cannabis illegal is unfair and illogical. US prisons full of small time weed offenders, an event that effectively ruins one's professional life. Read a bit about history and why it was banned in US, which then pushed it to the rest of the world. Even to places like India where its used as religious plant for millennia. I strongly welcome legalization and hope the movement comes to Europe, and rest of the world soon. Society is better off if it is legalized (and regulated for things like access to minors/psychiatric patients, strength, purity etc). Now to advise it as panacea for mental issues is plain stupid. Go see an expert, that's why we have them. Same would go for stuff like LSD.

s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago

Purely anecdotal, but cannabis helps w/ my depression and migraines. I've been smoking for 10 years now. I don't really see the media praising it, it is more socially acceptable nowadays though.