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s/*/That's interesting. I've never thought about what positive effects there might be. Can you expand?/g

I did not intend to ask a question. I know for sure that a lot of potheads really want to push their recreational drug as a miracle do all drug, while ignoring all the negative effects. The negative effects are well documented science. The positive effects are all vaporous claims from questionable studies.

Really goes to show the objectivity of HN, that I get downvoted for this.

You are getting downvoted for your dogmatic and set in your ways views. HN is a place for curiosity and your responses are not increasing curiosity they are closing it off.

I have read the countless studies blog spammed on Reddit and HN for the past 15 years, and formed my opinion accordingly. How is that at all dogmatic?

It's worth noting that almost all medicinal drugs have negative effects. Certainly there are people who promote cannabis as a cure-all, and that's pretty ridiculous. But it's equally ridiculous to assume that it has no medicinal uses. You even mention one (pain relief) in your comment!

Every once in a while you stumble across someone who makes you think "that dude really needs to get high once in a while".

If you are operating from a place of fact and not opinion, you can also express that by sharing the evidence. Otherwise it's just empty claims on empty claims.

If you want to challenge an empty claim, do it right. Or, don't be a jerk. Either way.

I think you're underestimating the pain relief thing. I know multiple people who never touched the stuff recreationally, developed a chronic pain condition (arthritis, in one example), and now swear by it. The only alternatives with similar effectiveness are opioids, which are arguably even more harmful.

I don't touch it myself, but even as an independent observer the benefits there are clear.

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