New blog out looking at the hype around medical weed and what the science really says: Medicinal Marijuana Is No Panaceahttps://link.medium.com/akqwT3jIh0
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The basic message comes down to this: marijuana is just like any other drug Some pros, some cons, lots of equivocationpic.twitter.com/rDTrV2UFe5
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As with so many other health issues, there are no easy answers. Marijuana might help with some conditions, but it definitely has side-effects and often those outweigh the benefits
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One systematic review found that more than double the number of people had "serious" side-effects than those who received a clinically significant benefit from weed That's not great newspic.twitter.com/hm7EnmSXTD
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But don't people often seek out some of those "side effects"?
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No. The side-effects aren't getting high, they are things like depression, nausea, severe coordination problems, respiratory tract infections, and gastrointestinal disorders
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