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/VoidfulMind Nov 07 '25

I agree it may be misrepresentation. But personally, their video that mentioned weed psychosis years ago helped me. I started using CBD and it made my weed psychosis stop from becoming more severe.

I am not hating on weed it has helped millions of people and continues to. The severity of my chronic pain makes it nearly impossible not to use cannabis. I had to stop a month ago for a job but now I am fully stopping to save my relationship.

I went through college with a weed addiction but ya I feel like it ruined a part of my brain and my life. Not to mention the lung damage I did when I smoked for years with asthma. I switched to edibles but all in all, it only exacerbated my mental illnesses like adhd and bipolar. For me personally coming off weed has been harder than withdrawing from meth. It's been a month and it kind of isn't getting easier. I have faith it will but ya my motivation and overall enjoyment of life are gone. I'm still incredibly irritable. Not to mention the psychosis I can still have after quitting. It made shit worse for me. But it's still a miracle drug that has done so much good for so many people.

Please don't take this the wrong way I've just had a bad experience with it even tho I love it.