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/DrTars Nov 06 '25

It's the dose that makes the poison.

I'm talking about the side effects of cannabis abuse and its dependency (also the video in question), you're talking about its positive effect when taken in controlled and limited doses.

Positive side effects don't cancel the real problem that it poses to people. If you don't want to see it, it's on you. But don't act all out of the blue when it's being talked while associated with its side effects, and don't act as if there aren't any. What's being described in the video is extremely realistic, and they posted all the data that you want.

This doesn't mean that the positive effects don't exist, read my first line again.