Godfrey Pearlson

That was recently approved for use by the Federal Drug Administration for treating childhood epilepsy. THC and cannabis may be an effective pain reliever, although the key experiments to look at that in chronic pain have yet to be done in a proper double-blind, placebo-controlled way.

That was recently approved for use by the Federal Drug Administration for treating childhood epilepsy. THC and cannabis may be an effective pain reliever, although the key experiments to look at that in chronic pain have yet to be done in a proper double-blind, placebo-controlled way.

That was recently approved for use by the Federal Drug Administration for treating childhood epilepsy. THC and cannabis may be an effective pain reliever, although the key experiments to look at that in chronic pain have yet to be done in a proper double-blind, placebo-controlled way.

So there may be medicinal benefits to the cannabis plant that are quite separate than its effects as a recreational drug.

So there may be medicinal benefits to the cannabis plant that are quite separate than its effects as a recreational drug.

So there may be medicinal benefits to the cannabis plant that are quite separate than its effects as a recreational drug.

Yeah, I'd agree with that, but there's a human urge that's built into most of us to alter our mental state. And people have been doing this for millennia, either with mushrooms or with alcohol. So if you have to pick among your recreational drugs, and most people do, then in many respects, cannabis is a safer drug than alcohol.

Yeah, I'd agree with that, but there's a human urge that's built into most of us to alter our mental state. And people have been doing this for millennia, either with mushrooms or with alcohol. So if you have to pick among your recreational drugs, and most people do, then in many respects, cannabis is a safer drug than alcohol.

Yeah, I'd agree with that, but there's a human urge that's built into most of us to alter our mental state. And people have been doing this for millennia, either with mushrooms or with alcohol. So if you have to pick among your recreational drugs, and most people do, then in many respects, cannabis is a safer drug than alcohol.

There's an association, but correlation isn't the same as causation. So that nearly everybody who uses harder drugs also started on alcohol and tobacco. So people who are risk takers are going to try what's out there. And I think it's fair to say that the majority of people who try recreational cannabis do not progress to more addictive or more harmful drugs.

There's an association, but correlation isn't the same as causation. So that nearly everybody who uses harder drugs also started on alcohol and tobacco. So people who are risk takers are going to try what's out there. And I think it's fair to say that the majority of people who try recreational cannabis do not progress to more addictive or more harmful drugs.

There's an association, but correlation isn't the same as causation. So that nearly everybody who uses harder drugs also started on alcohol and tobacco. So people who are risk takers are going to try what's out there. And I think it's fair to say that the majority of people who try recreational cannabis do not progress to more addictive or more harmful drugs.

So epidemiologically, there's solid evidence for that. So the joke that I hear from my cannabis-using research subjects is, if cannabis is a gateway drug, it's a gateway to your refrigerator because of the munchies.

So epidemiologically, there's solid evidence for that. So the joke that I hear from my cannabis-using research subjects is, if cannabis is a gateway drug, it's a gateway to your refrigerator because of the munchies.

So epidemiologically, there's solid evidence for that. So the joke that I hear from my cannabis-using research subjects is, if cannabis is a gateway drug, it's a gateway to your refrigerator because of the munchies.

When epidemiologists have looked at people who use cannabis regularly, you'd expect that they would be couch potatoes who are eating snack foods and eating Cheetos and Doritos while watching TV or playing video games and gaining lots of weight. But in fact, the average user loses a small amount of weight for reasons that we don't quite understand.

When epidemiologists have looked at people who use cannabis regularly, you'd expect that they would be couch potatoes who are eating snack foods and eating Cheetos and Doritos while watching TV or playing video games and gaining lots of weight. But in fact, the average user loses a small amount of weight for reasons that we don't quite understand.

When epidemiologists have looked at people who use cannabis regularly, you'd expect that they would be couch potatoes who are eating snack foods and eating Cheetos and Doritos while watching TV or playing video games and gaining lots of weight. But in fact, the average user loses a small amount of weight for reasons that we don't quite understand.

Partly that's a generational effect, but exactly as you say, attitudes have shifted. And the modal attitude now in surveys is that cannabis is a safe drug with no harms, which is quite incorrect since, as you and I have discussed, there definitely are harms that should not just be disregarded. But people have convinced themselves in general in the U.S. population that cannabis is harmless.

Partly that's a generational effect, but exactly as you say, attitudes have shifted. And the modal attitude now in surveys is that cannabis is a safe drug with no harms, which is quite incorrect since, as you and I have discussed, there definitely are harms that should not just be disregarded. But people have convinced themselves in general in the U.S. population that cannabis is harmless.