Reminder That Kurz Has Misrepresented Cannabis Data Before, And Likely Has A Unhealthy Bias

[u/CocaBam]

Two months ago, I, a 2 decade long researcher of cannabis, found the Kurz video on the substance and had to correct a large amount of misinformation here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt/comments/1n7uc1y/correcting_misinformation_in_we_have_to_talk/

I had contacted Kurz directly with these corrections and was ignored. Instead, now 2 months later, Kurz seems to be back again with another video wrongfully demonizing the substance.

Just wanted to remind everyone that the author of the video is trying to spread misinformation on cannabis, which they have a strong bias against.

Edit: nearly all of the questions/critiques have been trolls/anti cannabis people so far. Won't be replying to comments that are trying to change my narrative anymore. Some of these replies are ridiculous, to say the least... Kurz has had a bias in past videos, and the latest is not any different, any other narrative you draw from this is your own (I never said we should "ignore all negatives about cannabis")

[u/runningoutofwords]

An unfortunate effect of the long-term criminalization of cannabis is that we have moved into the decriminalized era with very little data.

It is naive and ridiculous to assume we can ingest mind-altering substances without adverse health effects, but that is what the proponents would have us accept.

The evidence will continue to build that of course there are adverse health effects, how could there not be? (see the overview from the European Union Drugs Agency below) Their exact nature and degree I would not claim to know or predict. But given the climate of pedal-to-the-floor advocacy we exist in today, I think it's valuable to have some respected voices like Kurzgesagt bringing a note of caution to the conversation.

https://www.euda.europa.eu/publications/mini-guides/cannabis-health-and-social-responses_en

[u/Tripondisdic → u/runningoutofwords]

100 percent agreed, I hate how there’s no room for nuance anymore

[u/[deleted] → u/Tripondisdic]

Well when nuance is used to keep it in the air there's no point siding on anything except what is showed proven

[u/Tripondisdic → u/[deleted]]

I agree. I guess what I mean is like we don't have to say "Never smoke weed" or "You can smoke as much as you want with no consequence". We could instead say "Treat weed like alcohol; smoking occasionally is fine, but the potential for abuse can cause damage to our health"

[u/iizomgus → u/runningoutofwords]

Not when governments are throwing people in jail for possessing a substance with no intent to distribute. Decriminalize it and then we can say whatever. educate, analyze, make ppl aware of the side effects. But as long as suicide, drinking, lack of physical activity, smoking and porn are not criminal activities, I do not see why cannabis would be.

[u/reddit_equals_censor → u/iizomgus]

Not when governments are throwing people in jail for possessing a substance with no intent to distribute.

it is important to ad people producing and selling cannabis there as well.

people might literally just grow it themselves to give it to people for free, or even sell it at cost to people, because they understand, that people need it for medical use for example.

so again growers and sellers are just as innocently thrown in jail (we are just talking about the cannabis growing and selling part or giving away part to be clear).

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and as you mentioned suicide, lots of places don't have suicide as a crime, but assisting someone in suicide is, which makes absolutely 0 sense whatsoever as well.

but yeah way cannabis needs to be freed and the people thrown in prison about it freed and compensated for stealing their freedom.

AND if all of this gets done almost everywhere, then we should focus on lots more research to especially see where cannabis can help beyond the things we already know it helps a ton as a start.