I feel like more of the blame here lies on the US government for banning research on cannabis for so long.
As far as possible medicinal uses - it’s a plant. You can grow it in your back yard if you want. It doesnt seem any different than saying that lionsmane has brain benefits or whatever. At least with laws the way they are right now, it seems totally reasonable to talk about the unproven but anecdotal effects of a plant you are selling. Maybe we should change the laws to cut down on snake oil, but cannabis companies are hardly the worst offenders here.
As far as possible harms - I feel like these can be researched with a small amount of effort, and are either well known, or quite rare. We don’t expect alcohol companies to tell you about the potential for alcoholism and liver disease because they are just such good guys - we mandate that they mention potential harms on their packaging, so that we can have something to read between lulls in the conversation while we are drinking.
90% - this is a lawsuit drummed up by the alcohol industry to create negative publicity (and possibly inspire regulation on) the cannabis industry in a move to recapture some share of the “getting fucked up” market
I feel like more of the blame here lies on the US government for banning research on cannabis for so long.
As far as possible medicinal uses - it’s a plant. You can grow it in your back yard if you want. It doesnt seem any different than saying that lionsmane has brain benefits or whatever. At least with laws the way they are right now, it seems totally reasonable to talk about the unproven but anecdotal effects of a plant you are selling. Maybe we should change the laws to cut down on snake oil, but cannabis companies are hardly the worst offenders here.
As far as possible harms - I feel like these can be researched with a small amount of effort, and are either well known, or quite rare. We don’t expect alcohol companies to tell you about the potential for alcoholism and liver disease because they are just such good guys - we mandate that they mention potential harms on their packaging, so that we can have something to read between lulls in the conversation while we are drinking.
90% - this is a lawsuit drummed up by the alcohol industry to create negative publicity (and possibly inspire regulation on) the cannabis industry in a move to recapture some share of the “getting fucked up” market
Nevermind no one give a shit.