Marijuana Side Effects: 5 Worst Complaints From Users

With more states moving toward decriminalizing marijuana and rumors that the federal government might reclassify cannabis as a Schedule II drug, the era of pot prohibition is waning in the United States. Yet even as use of the drug becomes more accepted, both for medical and recreational use, questions about marijuana side effects remain.

“The U.S. government has held back the medical community’s ability to conduct the type of research that the scientific community considers the experimental gold standard in guiding medical practice. Thus, the use of cannabis for medical treatment is happening in states based largely on anecdotal or limited science,” a 2015 report from the Brookings Institution noted. Currently, the federal government’s stance on marijuana makes it difficult for researchers in the United States to study marijuana use and its side effects.

Legal hurdles haven’t totally stopped research into marijuana side effects, especially outside the U.S.,...

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