Weed, Inc. by Ben Cort

Author:Ben Cort
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: truth;marijuana;industry;pot;lobby;commercial
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
Published: 2017-08-18T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Medical Marijuana

Way More Complex Than

Either Side Is Telling You

This is the chapter I have avoided writing, it’s going to be painful. I have friends, we all have friends, who suffer and for whom marijuana seems to help. I don’t intend to criticize those people. Whatever respect I have maintained or earned thus far from those who sit on one side of this conversation I am likely to lose herein, and I’m bummed about that. I thought a great deal about omitting this whole chapter from the book but it is just too important to skip.

I might as well get right to it, I’m going to make a bunch of statements that are all true but many seem to contradict themselves; that’s why this issue is so complex.

Marijuana is a very interesting plant with real medicinal qualities. I have friends who have benefitted from consuming marijuana in a medicinal manner.

You don’t smoke medicine.

Consuming marijuana has improved many lives.

Consuming marijuana has ruined many lives.

Some people suffering from different ailments can find relief with marijuana.

Marijuana isn’t a miracle plant that cures everything.

Medicine isn’t produced or validated by public vote.

There are components within cannabis that might have the ability to really improve life for some people.

Evidence that marijuana does what many claim it does for a variety of ailments has yet to withstand rigorous study. Medicines are proven effective when they undergo double-blind testing and placebo controlled experiments.

We must consider the downsides as well as the upsides when considering if we want to call something medicine.

Also consider this: nobody is prescribed marijuana by a doctor. Since it’s a Schedule I controlled substance no doctor can prescribe it, even if they wanted to. All a physician can do in states where it is legal is “recommend” a patient use it. Doctors do not prescribe weed, for anything. Just keep that in mind.

Before I get specific let me say this very clearly: If marijuana relieves pain and suffering for the very sick and dying then go for it. No one I know in this conversation would wish suffering on others. For those of you who find relief by using weed, I wish you nothing but the best. If I were you I would be downright pissed that this conversation has devolved into what it is today because you are being exploited more often than not so that people can get high.

Weed does not cure anything. Weed does relieve some painful symptoms and makes some people feel better. Intoxicants do that. Think back to the snake oil of centuries past; it was good for what ailed you no matter what that was because it was mostly hard liquor, intoxicants will do that. To say it will cure a toothache isn’t true; however if one is intoxicated enough they won’t feel the toothache, so in a way it does help. In a society as pain averse as ours, I have no doubt that weed is helping people feel less physical pain.

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