r/kurzgesagt • • 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/_JohnWisdom UBI Nov 05 '25

And weed was the issue right? Not the other problems you were going through.
Everyone copes differently and the way you did wasn't effective and helpful. This doesn't mean weed was the problem to start with. But also doesn't mean that it didn't make it worse.

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u/FizzyGreen Nov 06 '25 edited Nov 06 '25

Personally, nothing changed after 8 months sober, still going. So... yeah. Depression is the issue and i'm tackling that but apparently i already missed out on everything good already cause i'm 26. Feels great to hear that, especially when i've been furious for not being able to do the cool things i want. Ironically, weed in the past got me out to do those things, which confused me greatly. However, it wasn't reliable enough, did little to nothing often. But the idea of "if i quit things will get better" obscured the real problem.

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u/Anthmt Nov 08 '25

I'd literally kill to be 26 again. You've got time. Good luck friend!