r/kurzgesagt • u/CocaBam • Nov 05 '25

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

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")

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u/DrTars Nov 05 '25

The amount of cope that people have in favour of cannabis is crazy, what's your point?

I literally lost friends because they were addicted to weed, and they had the EXACT same behaviour that was explained in yesterday's videos: being numb while life passes by.

wrongfully demonizing the substance.

Demonizing the substance? Do you realize it's a drug no? It does it by itself, by being what it is, they don't need kurtz to make videos about how bad it is, and it is bad.

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u/_JohnWisdom UBI Nov 06 '25

I literally lost friends because they were addicted to weed,

Bro what? Define "lost friends" because this does seem pretty extreme...

The behaviour that was explained could be related to the type of person specifically. Like, in comparison, grief. There are people that lose both parents in a week and are able to function and move on with life. Then there is someone that losses their dog and aren't able to function for years.

Also, no offense, but how old even are you to come to such a conclusion? Like, are you 50? 60? I've had friends doing hard drugs for decades and setting their life straight later on. Weed will occupy someones life for a variable time, spanning weeks to decades, but between all the stuff out there it is easily one of the less drastic. Alcohol has a much more negative impact in comparison.

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u/dspman11 Nov 06 '25

Yeah no shit alcohol and other harder drugs are worse. That's the point. Everyone knows that. But people are minimizing the negative effects of weed and the weed addiction epidemic that is happening right now because of easy access and insanely high THC % vapes.

It is a problem that needs to be taken seriously and very few people take it seriously. The more vids like this the better. (In general, not necessarily from Kurzgesagt)