Increasing numbers of Australians are using medicinal cannabis for anxiety, depression, insomnia, substance disorders and more. Is it safe? And does it work?
My comment wasn’t saying that THC doesn’t have real world benefits, but anecdotal evidence usually isn’t a good counter against research. There’s a reason research is still done on things that “everyone knows is true.”
Take insomnia, for instance. THC might help you go to sleep, but research has shown that it can interfere with REM sleep to lower your overall sleep quality.
But every brain is unique and different substances will affect people differently. There will always be edge cases where people respond to a drug differently than the general population.
In my own anecdotal experience, THC doesn’t treat my anxiety and depression, it just makes me ok with being depressed and anxious while they both get worse. It’s just a form of escapism.
As an aside, never go off of what an article says about a study. They will often misrepresent the results to further an agenda. This was partially bad in vaping research a decade ago.
All of the articles written about the heavy metal study failed to note that the levels were orders of magnitude lower than what was in cigarettes, were significantly below OSHA levels for people working with them on an industrial scale, and in some cases they were lower than atmospheric levels.
Any population base tested or questioned about cannabis is going to be immediately tainted by the fact that they are fearing for their goddamn freedom when they talk about cannabis.
Anecdotal evidence usually isn’t a better replacement for real evidence. I agree. But we have more anecdotal evidence than studies. Half of this country smokes weed, but we won’t admit to it and we’re not allowed to do test around it and half of us will lose our jobs if anyone found out about it.
You’re being incredibly disingenuous to try to pretend like there are a bunch of valid studies floating around after 100 years of prohibition. Any studies that have been allowed are all politically fucking motivated because they’re all approved by the government that created the prohibition.
You sound like you’re smart enough to comprehend what I’m saying. think about it for a second. Your studies are incredibly biased.
My comment wasn’t saying that THC doesn’t have real world benefits, but anecdotal evidence usually isn’t a good counter against research. There’s a reason research is still done on things that “everyone knows is true.”
Take insomnia, for instance. THC might help you go to sleep, but research has shown that it can interfere with REM sleep to lower your overall sleep quality.
But every brain is unique and different substances will affect people differently. There will always be edge cases where people respond to a drug differently than the general population.
In my own anecdotal experience, THC doesn’t treat my anxiety and depression, it just makes me ok with being depressed and anxious while they both get worse. It’s just a form of escapism.
As an aside, never go off of what an article says about a study. They will often misrepresent the results to further an agenda. This was partially bad in vaping research a decade ago.
All of the articles written about the heavy metal study failed to note that the levels were orders of magnitude lower than what was in cigarettes, were significantly below OSHA levels for people working with them on an industrial scale, and in some cases they were lower than atmospheric levels.
Any population base tested or questioned about cannabis is going to be immediately tainted by the fact that they are fearing for their goddamn freedom when they talk about cannabis.
Anecdotal evidence usually isn’t a better replacement for real evidence. I agree. But we have more anecdotal evidence than studies. Half of this country smokes weed, but we won’t admit to it and we’re not allowed to do test around it and half of us will lose our jobs if anyone found out about it.
You’re being incredibly disingenuous to try to pretend like there are a bunch of valid studies floating around after 100 years of prohibition. Any studies that have been allowed are all politically fucking motivated because they’re all approved by the government that created the prohibition.
You sound like you’re smart enough to comprehend what I’m saying. think about it for a second. Your studies are incredibly biased.
Canada legalized pot years ago,and now we have an increasing number of syndromes being defined and having to train ER to recognize.
There is no physiological way to get high and not effect proper neurotransmitters, that’s what high is.