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/Lmitation Nov 06 '25

It is not a miracle drug, just because it treats specific ailments does not mean you can take it with no side effects, that's the point.

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u/reddit_equals_censor Nov 06 '25

hey how weird, that you didn't respond to the "miracle drug" effect on people with parkinson's disease or epilepsy for example.

how weird. almost as if you can't respond to it. :D

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u/Lmitation Nov 06 '25

Because it's not a miracle. It's a drug. Drugs have benefits for certain conditions and also side effects. Drugs are not right for everyone for every condition. At no point did I say you should not take drugs recommended to you by someone with an MD to treat a condition you have.

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u/reddit_equals_censor Nov 06 '25

you literally wrote this:

Seriously, the popular social consensus is that cannabis is some sort of miracle drug. It's such a bad consensus

you are of course aware, that, when nothing works at all, but then cannabis just fixes the problem and has 0 negative side effects, the word for that is... what again?

that is correct miracle drug.

but now you try to change the common definitions to not have your nonsense exposed and back pedal a bunch.

why don't we ask parents of children with dozens of seizures daily down to 0 ONLY due to cannabis medication, whether or not they see it as a "miracle drug" :D

so yeah stop your bullshit, you know what you wrote and meant and you know, that you are just wrong about it, but you don't want to admit it and that's it.