re: CNN: Groundbreaking monumental THC research breakthrough!

Not true about being ineffective without THC. The problem is that many retail sales of CBD has almost none if any CBD in it. Being made in Class 1 FDA approved facilities they cannot make any claims to effectiveness so play fast and loose with saying CBD. Sort of like "Organic Products" which is almost always a marketing scam with no legal claim. Many CBD products might have 1/10000th of a percent of CBD blended in and can legally say CBD.

I wouldn't get into hemp farming. Most small hemp farmers already existing thinking to get in early, cannot find buyers and lots of CBD labs with CO2 extraction have already closed due lack of business acumen by those who jumped in early.

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Obviously, I'm for research.

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But you'll obviously still makes claims about marijuana/cannabinoids without it.

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I am just urging caution.

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Thousands of years of human trials isn't enough to determine its safety?

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As to your earlier comment about mental issues, how true that is. This could be a chicken or the egg type argument but many schizophrenia patients were normal before they started smoking weed in their late teens.

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Side effects of cannabinoid receptor blocker Rimonabant showed doubling of mental issues.

So maybe since use increases risk, and blocking the receptors increases risk, perhaps, cannabinoids and mental issues are currently not understood at all?

Believe it or not there are simply some people who cannot smoke pot without becoming legitimately and totally psychotic. Of course, this is a very complex issue that will never be sorted out any time soon. I am not against legalizing weed either.

I have seen this many times in the work I do. Of course, it is the exception not the rule. I view it like the guy who always becomes violent when he drinks. There are some people who always get violent when intoxicated. They are not the majority. It is unique to them.

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my continued urge of caution against the dope -

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Not as bad as heroin, meth, or crack man.

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Not as bad as heroin, meth, or crack man.

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Well, not nearly. But there is always another side of the equation - benefit.

At least MJ/cannabis has some proven benefit in key areas and there is support for a potentially huge range of positive applications across the chemical spectrum of the plant (even THC), so you can do a much better risk/benefit analysis on it for both society and individuals.

Heroin has virtually zero benefit profile, particularly compared to other opioids (and those have their own dangers as well). Cocaine (not specifically crack) does have some short term benefit to wakefulness and concentration, but the risk of psychological addiction is huge. There are also some limited uses of cocaine, medicinally (nasal and dental, primarily).

All amphetamines have similar benefit/risk ratios - can benefit ADHD, again wakefulness and concentration, although with similar (if lessened) psychological dependence as cocaine. Amphetamines also have some physical dependence risks.

MJ not really addictive in the classic sense (just habit forming in some), so that risk is much, much less. And the proven benefits put it in a vastly different light for me.

But, it is not the completely harmless, natural, "organic" high that its advocates present. I continue to urge caution.