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AALM is a national all volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to providing the latest information on the harms of marijuana to individuals and our country.

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This is one of the favorite escape hatches of the cannabis industry: lowering the evidentiary standard.

Yes, observational studies can be useful for generating hypotheses and seeing real-world patterns. But they are also extremely vulnerable to placebo effects, self-selection bias, expectation bias, confounding variables, and financial conflicts.

That’s exactly WHY modern medicine relies on randomized placebo-controlled trials in the first place.

If cannabis advocates were confident in the strength of the evidence, they wouldn’t constantly try to sidestep the same rigorous standards actual medications are required to pass before being called safe and effective treatments.

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Self-reported anecdotes are not the scientific standard for medicine. If they were, alcohol, crystals, and essential oils would all qualify too. That’s anecdote, not medical science.

This is why placebo-controlled trials matter. Once a placebo is introduced, many of the claimed benefits of cannabis shrink or disappear.

[Anthony Varrell @V_arrell]

For those that say “cannabis is not medicine”.

There are millions of people that will adamantly disagree with you.

It might not be medicine for you but it damn sure is medicine for many.

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@jananeli @PoppotGroup @guyfelicella At some point, handing out supplies without moving people toward sobriety stops being compassionate and starts becoming supervised collapse.

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This framing removes all personal agency and acts like addiction is only society’s fault.

Compassion matters. Treatment matters. Mental health care matters. But “harm reduction” without accountability can absolutely enable destructive behavior and normalize open-air drug use and disorder.

At some point, “harm reduction” just becomes end-of-life care on the street.

[Parents Opposed to Pot @PoppotGroup]

@guyfelicella Harm reduction rarely gets people into treatment. It only delays death or guarantees brain damage. If you save a life with naloxone, you must rebuild a life and put people in drug rehabilitation.

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This framing removes all personal agency and acts like addiction is only society’s fault.

Compassion matters. Treatment matters. Mental health care matters. But “harm reduction” without accountability can absolutely enable destructive behavior and normalize open-air drug use and disorder.

At some point, “harm reduction” just becomes end-of-life care on the street.

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This study is being oversold.

A short-term cannabinoid supplement trial with self-reported sleep improvements is not proof marijuana is a safe or effective long-term sleep medicine.

Cannabis is also linked to tolerance, dependency, rebound insomnia, and disrupted sleep in chronic users.

[Marc Landers @marclanders]

Struggling to sleep? This cannabinoid supplement boosted sleep quality, eased insomnia!

Compared to the placebo, the cannabinoid supplement significantly improved:

Sleep quality and efficiency (how well people slept).

Insomnia symptoms (fewer sleep problems). Overall health and quality of life.

Anxiety improved significantly for the cannabinoid group.

https://t.co/thOxYM2R83

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This study is being oversold.

A short-term cannabinoid supplement trial with self-reported sleep improvements is not proof marijuana is a safe or effective long-term sleep medicine.

Cannabis is also linked to tolerance, dependency, rebound insomnia, and disrupted sleep in chronic users.

[Dont Legalise Drugs @NoDecriminalize]

Check out 'Cannabis Impaired Driving Is Killing More People Than We Realise' on WRD News #cannabisculture is adding to #RoadToll https://t.co/vr5SM6OQ58

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People brag about cannabis tax revenue while ignoring the economic drain created by the industry itself.

ER visits. Addiction treatment. Impaired driving crashes. Workplace accidents. Reduced productivity. Mental health crises. Psychosis treatment. School impacts. Black market enforcement. Increased healthcare costs.

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People brag about cannabis tax revenue while ignoring the economic drain created by the industry itself.

ER visits. Addiction treatment. Impaired driving crashes. Workplace accidents. Reduced productivity. Mental health crises. Psychosis treatment. School impacts. Black market enforcement. Increased healthcare costs.

[Anthony Martinelli @AMartinelliWA]

California’s legal cannabis market generated $311,089,042 in sales in April, bringing the state’s year-to-date total to roughly $1.21 billion (resulting in around $180 million in tax revenue). https://t.co/XTDH0Qm7PZ

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The study did NOT show cannabis cures stomach cancer in humans. It studied cannabinoid receptor activity in cancer cells under laboratory conditions. Cancer cells in a dish are not the same thing as treating an actual patient.

Researchers can kill or slow cancer cells in vitro with all kinds of substances — bleach, radiation, toxins, chemotherapy compounds, etc. That does not mean they become safe or effective medicines in humans.

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Older adults are actually one of the highest-risk groups for cannabis complications: falls, dizziness, confusion, impaired driving, drug interactions, dependency, and worsening cognition.

[Grinspoon: Grinspoon on Drugs @Peter_Grinspoon]

Older adults are using cannabis more than ever.
For some, it may mean less pain, better sleep, fewer pills, and a better quality of life. The difference often comes down to dose, product, timing, and good medical guidance.
Read more.
https://t.co/AsfpE9rIJ3

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“Older adults are using cannabis more than ever” is a trend, not proof it’s helping them.

This article is opinion commentary, not clinical evidence. And older adults are actually one of the highest-risk groups for cannabis complications: falls, dizziness, confusion, impaired driving, drug interactions, dependency, and worsening cognition.

“Some people say they feel better” is not the same as proving safety or effectiveness.

The modern THC industry keeps marketing cannabis as a wellness product while downplaying the very real risks; especially for vulnerable populations.

[Frank McCormick @CBHeresy]

This is your wake up call: There is nothing normal about needing to ingest a mind-altering substance every day to function in the world.

Addiction specialists call that dependence.

[Cannabis Seed Bank of ME • R&D @SeedBankME]

Big Cannabis Sold You a Lie. Now the Federal Government Is Giving It to Your Grandparents.

Bombshell lawsuits, a European safety bombshell, and a rogue Medicare program converge in the most dangerous moment in American cannabinoid policy history.

They said it could treat your anxiety, your pain, your PTSD, your insomnia, your opioid addiction, your cancer, your irritable bowel syndrome, your grief, your boredom, your sadness, and your shyness.

They built billion dollar companies on those claims.

They hired lobbyists, funded public relations campaigns, and placed their products in gleaming dispensaries designed to look like Apple Stores - all while knowing, according to explosive new federal lawsuits, that the science behind those claims was weak, nonexistent, or flatly contradicted by the research they chose not to tell you about.

According to the complaints, these companies marketed cannabis products as medicine capable of treating a staggering list of conditions - insomnia, narcolepsy, cancer, auto-immune disorders, neuropathy, pain, anxiety, PTSD, opioid addiction, and more...

#Cannabis

https://t.co/gXhiYTAO8J

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This was not a randomized placebo-controlled trial proving cannabis treats migraines. It was largely based on self-reported outcomes from medical cannabis patients already expecting benefit.

That matters because migraines are extremely vulnerable to placebo effects, expectation bias, regression to the mean, and natural symptom fluctuation.

Also left out: cannabis can itself cause rebound headaches, dependency, cognitive problems, and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome in some chronic users.

[Cannabis i fokus @CannabisFokus]

Brittisk studie: Medicinsk cannabis visar lovande resultat vid svår migrän

En ny brittisk studie visar att medicinsk cannabis kan bidra till att lindra symtom hos patienter som lider av svårbehandlad migrän.

Här kan du läsa hela artikeln: https://t.co/uZKd4em38Q

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This was not a randomized placebo-controlled trial proving cannabis treats migraines. It was largely based on self-reported outcomes from medical cannabis patients already expecting benefit.

That matters because migraines are extremely vulnerable to placebo effects, expectation bias, regression to the mean, and natural symptom fluctuation.

Also left out: cannabis can itself cause rebound headaches, dependency, cognitive problems, and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome in some chronic users.

[Tom Oliverson, M.D. @TomOliverson]

100%. These are dangerous synthetic chemicals that should not be available in every convenience store next to the tall boys. Thanks for your leadership on this @electcharles !

[Dan Bartkowiak @DanBartkowiak]

Four reasons why @GovernorShapiro is wrong about pushing for recreational use of marijuana:

“Marijuana products are today of unprecedented high potency, are often highly processed, aggressively advertised, and often packaged to appeal to minors.”

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@psychedelicscom “Psychedelics change the brain” is not some profound revelation. Every psychoactive drug changes the brain.

The study was tiny and very short-term, and did not show any long-term improvements.

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“Psychedelics change the brain” is not some profound revelation. Every psychoactive drug changes the brain.

The study was tiny and very short-term, and did not show any long-term improvements.

[Psychedelics.com @psychedelicscom]

So many people have experienced the feeling of being “changed forever” after a psychedelic trip.

This study may be the closest science has come to showing what that change may actually look like in the brain. https://t.co/NpqEqoWugP