TRIBUNAL
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Question:
What are the scientific studies saying that Medical Grade Marijuana is bad for adults to use?
My Thoughts:
I watch a lot of documentaries and read a lot about marijuana lately. I hear activists say it's the tree of life and can do no wrong. I see anti-Marijuana people speaking against it saying there are "studies" saying it does this or that but they never site what exactly these studies are. I also saw some people in the marijuana industry who were more scientific in their approach who did not exhibit the vague, anecdotal, often emotional logic seen in the anti marijuana community. As someone with a scientific background I find a lot of flaws in the material I see, mainly from the anti-marijuana community. Anecdotal information is nearly worthless to scientific people because we're taught why it's unreliable. Scientific studies, that are done correctly, on the other hand are usually reliable, especially if you have multiple ones confirming previously proven results.
I did some research on the positive effects and found there are indeed scientific studies backing it up. The number of studies are lacking however apparently due to laws and lack of non-biased governmental funding.
I tried to find information about scientific studies saying marijuana and the results were not good. The only studies I could find were ones referenced about how it is bad for kids to use it. I am willing to accept that possibility being as the brain has not been wired as well as an older brain. This even though I know that cutting edge brain research says that the brain is constantly rewiring itself throughout our life and does not become as "hard wired" at around 18-24, as previously believed.
I didn't look too overly hard into this, but I didn't think I would need to. With all the anti-marijuana people out there in a big emotional huff about the changing times as well as the big money involved in keeping things as they are; I thought the first Google search would pop up an endless amount of facts explaining in a scientific and emotional way how marijuana is proven to be bad. I got plenty of emotion, but not many facts...
What are the scientific studies saying that Medical Grade Marijuana is bad for adults to use?
My Thoughts:
I watch a lot of documentaries and read a lot about marijuana lately. I hear activists say it's the tree of life and can do no wrong. I see anti-Marijuana people speaking against it saying there are "studies" saying it does this or that but they never site what exactly these studies are. I also saw some people in the marijuana industry who were more scientific in their approach who did not exhibit the vague, anecdotal, often emotional logic seen in the anti marijuana community. As someone with a scientific background I find a lot of flaws in the material I see, mainly from the anti-marijuana community. Anecdotal information is nearly worthless to scientific people because we're taught why it's unreliable. Scientific studies, that are done correctly, on the other hand are usually reliable, especially if you have multiple ones confirming previously proven results.
I did some research on the positive effects and found there are indeed scientific studies backing it up. The number of studies are lacking however apparently due to laws and lack of non-biased governmental funding.
I tried to find information about scientific studies saying marijuana and the results were not good. The only studies I could find were ones referenced about how it is bad for kids to use it. I am willing to accept that possibility being as the brain has not been wired as well as an older brain. This even though I know that cutting edge brain research says that the brain is constantly rewiring itself throughout our life and does not become as "hard wired" at around 18-24, as previously believed.
I didn't look too overly hard into this, but I didn't think I would need to. With all the anti-marijuana people out there in a big emotional huff about the changing times as well as the big money involved in keeping things as they are; I thought the first Google search would pop up an endless amount of facts explaining in a scientific and emotional way how marijuana is proven to be bad. I got plenty of emotion, but not many facts...
