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I think you're missing the point. If millions say CBD reduces their pain, then CBD reduces pain. I think the proper scientific attitude should be "we don't understand how CBD reduces pain. We can't find a physical basis for it, but there may be a psychological effect that changes the perception of pain to make it more acceptable"

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You've never heard of the Placebo Effect, have you?

I thought about it but what I am saying is different from the Placebo Effect

I thought about it but it isn't.

(Just poking fun at your "argument".)

So you think I thought about it after ulfw mentioned it and decided it I wasn't talking about the Placebo effect when I meant I thought about it before ulfw mentioned it and decided it wasn't but can't articulate now why what I said is not the Placebo effect but rather a mechanism which alters perceptions that we don't understand that is quite different from inert sugar pills that provide a purely psychological response?

(I hope that clears things up lol)

The problem is without a control you can't tell the difference between whatever you are describing and the placebo effect.

I see. I am not a scientist, so thanks for letting me know.

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