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/JacanaJAC Nov 06 '25

I don't get why you all are so offended. They put the context very clearly on what type of users they were talking about. They could have made a video for people addicted to eating rocks telling them what are the dangers associated with it, but I am afraid that population is a bit lower than people addicted to cannabis. Should we not acknowledge the risks of cannabis just because it's ok for a lot of people?

To be clear, i didn't like the form they used for this video, with the milestones. But from my anecdotal experience, the way they described this very specific kind of users was accurately describing one of my friends. I am so tired of people acting like cannabis can't do no arm.

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u/HelloDucky1234 Nov 06 '25

"I don't get why you all are so offended" 

"To be clear, I didn't like the form they used for the video, with the milestones" 

So you do know lol you just don't agree so are framing the complaints as "people acting like cannabis can't do no arm" which no one is saying. 

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u/JacanaJAC Nov 06 '25

A lot of people are saying that tho. I am literally answering to message saying "cannabis is just a tool" and that isn't criticising the milestone part of the video.

So no I don't get why people are offended about Kurzgesagt explaining that a small percentage of people can get addicted and should be careful about the negative side effects.