“Medical marijuana” is and has always been mostly a marketing term to lead the way to legalization for recreational use. The evidence base supporting just weed (as opposed to pharmaceutically purified cannibinoids) to treat anything has always been highly underwhelming.https://twitter.com/SBMPediatrics/status/1397144459889029120 …
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And I figured that the above Tweet would piss some people off and that I might lose a bunch of followers over it. Such is life. It doesn't make the statement any less accurate. 2/
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It's also amusing how some automatically assume that I think legalization of marijuana for recreational use would be a bad thing. I never said that. That's YOUR assumption. I've supported legalization for a number of years now. 3/
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What I don't support is misrepresenting marijuana as some sort of miracle drug that treats or cures almost everything, and, yes, there is a hell of a lot of magical thinking behind medical marijuana, for instance "medical marijuana" for autism. 4/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2015/08/06/medical-marijuana-for-autism-and-autism-biomed-quackery-one-in-the-same-and-on-the-verge-of-approval-in-michigan/ …
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And, no, cannabis does not cure cancer. 5/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2014/08/18/medical-marijuana-and-the-new-herbalism-part-2-the-cult-of-cannabis-cures-cancer/ …
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Cannabis may not be an all-out cure, but it can definitely produce anticancer effects in humans in at least some cases. In this post I summarize a dozen case studies, series, and clinical trial showing an anticancer effect. Most are on PubMed.https://cannabisdeclaration.com/news/published-case-studies-and-a-clinical-trial-showing-cannabis-produces-anticancer-effects-in-humans/ …
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The vast majority of the studies in that “declaration” are case reports and small case series. I’m not seeing much in the way of compelling evidence. Looks like I might have to update my “cannabis does not cure cancer post” to “ cannabis STILL doesn’t cure cancer.”
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