Had anyone clinically proven any medical benefits yet?

The issue is that clinical trials / proper research has not been allowed for so long. As with many other "drugs". Not up to date on the latest, but when I researched it for a talk in Uni some 20 years ago, that was the biggest problem. The non-scientific research, or so to say, overwhelmingly suggests lots of benefits. The amount of reported pain relief alone is incredible. We will have to wait for research to catch up, and probably fight the industry quite a bit. Pillpushers will fight till the bitter end I fear.

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Luckily there are some countries that have been more allowing of cannabis research than the United States so the research will catch up rather quickly I should hope. I agree that the pillpushers will undoubtedly fight until the bitter end.

Yes https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/13/massive-meta-study-confi...

very useful link, thank you!

As others noted, proving medical benefits has been illegal for a long time. What we do have is the authentic personal experience and testimony to its benefits from hundreds of thousands of users. I know, drug users are not to be trusted; unless it's alcohol or tobacco, then it's ok. But still; you rarely hear users preach the health benefits of crack cocaine, or even alcohol/tobacco.

It does wonders for chronic pain, without the nasty side effects of opiates.

It makes it easier to deal with ADHD/Aspberger traits, without the nasty side effects of amphetamine.

And it seems to have extraordinary cancer curing powers, without long term killing you like chemo.

There's plenty more just a search away...

I am aware of the legal issues related to the matter as well as the many claims of medical relief if provides. I don't doubt that some will be found... I just think that if people are going to run around touting its medical qualities, there should be some kind of non anecdotal proof of these claims by now. I've heard some pretty outrageous claims about THC and CBD, but a few years ago I was hearing some of those same claims about Acai, and a string of others before that, none of which panned out. I just think throwing around all these unsubstantiated claims could be doing more harm then good in the eyes of the opposition to the matter.

Being very pro-cannabis both recreationally and medically, I am very much looking forward to such research so we can put the argument about the plant to rest for a while.

Just like we have the authentic personal experience and testimony from hundreds of thousands of essential oil and homeopathy users?

Exactly like that.

Blindly trusting authority and walking over dead bodies to defend our ignorance hasn't been working for thousands of years, it's about time.

Color me cynical, but this seems just like Opioids to me: they are warming up to it because its good for business.

How is marijuana even remotely as addicting as opioids? (Hint: it is not)

The parent didn’t say anything about it being addictive, just that there was a lot of money to be made distributing it, which there clearly is.

A major component to opioids is how addicting they are.. which plays right into the profitability. Marijuana wouldn't be as profitable, so it is not 'the new opioid'.

its pretty generally accepted that marijuana is psychologically addicting. so addiction certainly plays into the profitability.

then again facebooks business model is based off addiction to scrolling, so ehh.

There's also good money in most medical professions... does that make medicine bad?

The profitability of a thing does not necessarily indicate it's ethical value.