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View submission: COVID denialism and policy clarifications
The DEA, CDC, FBI, WHO, and pretty much all government experts agree that marijuana is bad. From their view point, all the marijuana "misinformation" on Reddit is a major factor driving drug abuse, causing preventable deaths, and prolonging the War on Drugs. Reddit has been letting it run wild for a decade and a half here.
You might not want to be rooting for stamping out misinformation. Because now the official marijuana experts who send people to prison see how to dam the ocean of marijuana misinformation they see on Reddit.
Comment by [deleted] at 01/09/2021 at 20:49 UTC
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Wrong. There is no evidence of "pretty much all government experts agree that marijuana is bad".
WHO recommended in 2019 that it should removed from Schedule IV which basically removes the excuse that supporting medical use of cannabis would be a treaty violation.
The CDC basically says that there appear to be medical benefits, but more research is needed.
You didn't mention the FDA, which supports more research and has already approved one cannabis derived drug.
DEA and FBI... uh... duh. They're not exactly experts. These are law enforcement.
Comment by [deleted] at 02/09/2021 at 17:22 UTC
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For the WHO not anymore, luckily
All the other things you mentioned are American, which as I would like to remind isn't the only country in the world. And in any case, half of the US regions have legalized it...