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Cannabis research is highly politicized. Researchers go in that field with an agenda. That's at least my experience with that field. Most weed users will nitpi

Cannabis research is highly politicized. Researchers go in that field with an agenda. That's at least my experience with that field. Most weed users will nitpick research that shows weed is safe and good for you while most detractors will find research that says the opposite. I don't know the science but at least to me it "feels" like the weed benefits have been pushed a bit too much too widely lately (legalization lobby) and we are now seeing a huge backlash. I'm seeing the same trend happening with Mushroom/Psylocibin (about to get legal so a ton of research/articles to make it look perfectly safe).

meowfly 2y ago
> weed benefits have been pushed a bit too much too widely lately Totally agree. The entire legalization political momentum started because cannabis has real medical benefits. Early legalization efforts focused on cancer, and AIDS, because the benefits there are very real. Marinol is a synthetic cannabis drug. Then some how the movement lost the plot and people started purporting benefits for things like ADHD, insomnia, and anxiety. I am confident the large majority of medical professionals would claim there are better drugs for those conditions. Then legalization was sold as a better alternative to alcohol and opiates (which it is). But some how the low addiction rate got sold as no addiction. There are scores of people who are probably making their anxiety worse with daily cannabis use, who are under the impression they are self-medicating their anxiety. When they quit they might go through withdrawals, despite believing it's not addictive. I think the science is fairly clear and maybe not settled in certain places, but I think the pendulum has swung from the misinformation of DARE to the misinformation of the Cannabis lobby.
- Gud 2y ago
  Cannabis comes in many shapes and forms and it can absolutely help relieve anxiety. You need to ingest or smoke a high CBD strain with low THC. I generally buy the legal CBD stuff I can get here and mix it with street weed which is generally high on THC and it does wonders to relieve my anxiety and stress. Smoking CBD itself is great but has a much more limited effect, in my experience.
chung8123 2y ago
I think goes further than cannabis research. People hear what they want to hear to support their side. The few Huberman podcasts I have listened too I find he hasn't really taken a stand on anything and typically reads from a paper that claims things. Just reading the results of a study, or saying something is interesting and should be explored more is now an endorsement by him for some reason.
antisthenes 2y ago
This isn't just Cannabis research. This is 99% of research in 2024, except the research that was directly sponsored by corporations to get a competitive edge and make more money. Ironic how BigCo is now more trustworthy than navel-gazing academia. Although it's hard to feel sorry for them for this self-inflicted wound. People just don't understand the concept of cherry picking studies anymore and reasonable in-the-middle discussions have gone extinct.

meowfly 2y ago

> weed benefits have been pushed a bit too much too widely lately Totally agree. The entire legalization political momentum started because cannabis has real medical benefits. Early legalization efforts focused on cancer, and AIDS, because the benefits there are very real. Marinol is a synthetic cannabis drug. Then some how the movement lost the plot and people started purporting benefits for things like ADHD, insomnia, and anxiety. I am confident the large majority of medical professionals would claim there are better drugs for those conditions. Then legalization was sold as a better alternative to alcohol and opiates (which it is). But some how the low addiction rate got sold as no addiction. There are scores of people who are probably making their anxiety worse with daily cannabis use, who are under the impression they are self-medicating their anxiety. When they quit they might go through withdrawals, despite believing it's not addictive. I think the science is fairly clear and maybe not settled in certain places, but I think the pendulum has swung from the misinformation of DARE to the misinformation of the Cannabis lobby.

Gud 2y ago
Cannabis comes in many shapes and forms and it can absolutely help relieve anxiety. You need to ingest or smoke a high CBD strain with low THC. I generally buy the legal CBD stuff I can get here and mix it with street weed which is generally high on THC and it does wonders to relieve my anxiety and stress. Smoking CBD itself is great but has a much more limited effect, in my experience.

chung8123 2y ago

I think goes further than cannabis research. People hear what they want to hear to support their side. The few Huberman podcasts I have listened too I find he hasn't really taken a stand on anything and typically reads from a paper that claims things. Just reading the results of a study, or saying something is interesting and should be explored more is now an endorsement by him for some reason.

antisthenes 2y ago

This isn't just Cannabis research. This is 99% of research in 2024, except the research that was directly sponsored by corporations to get a competitive edge and make more money. Ironic how BigCo is now more trustworthy than navel-gazing academia. Although it's hard to feel sorry for them for this self-inflicted wound. People just don't understand the concept of cherry picking studies anymore and reasonable in-the-middle discussions have gone extinct.