It can’t and won’t cause any disease? I’m on the side of MJ as medicine and for recreational use, but we really should pretend that because something is an ancient medicine that it’s somehow incapable of causing harm.
Ingesting excessive amount of anything can cause harm. It's easier to die from water overconsumption or random allergic reaction than MJ. Spreading fear, misinformation or promoting prohibition is not humane. MJ is overall safer than alcohol.
I think it's less useful to compare marijuana to something that can literally be classified as a poison (albeit a legal and socially acceptable one) and more useful to determine the boundaries of "when is it safe to use this substance?"
We're coming out of the era of "marijuana bad. marijuana addictive. gateway drug. gives you cancer. makes you kill your parents." etc etc and moving into actually trying to figure out general guidelines for when it's good/bad. I don't think trying to determine these boundaries is fear or misinformation necessarily. I think it certainly can be weaponized in either direction, but for people looking to determine if it's right for them, this is useful information.
And you're saying overconsumption is bad...can you define this? Just in this thread, there was someone who started their journey with it on a 15mg edible. That's insanely high for a beginner but maybe they read somewhere it was fine, or they had a psychonaut friend misguide them, or they just jumped right in with no frame of reference at all. The point is, if people are doing shit like that, it makes sense for there to be more of a general awareness of "here are the bad things that can happen."
I mostly agree with you. Overconsumption of MJ will cause falling to sleep, compared to death from overconsumption of water. MJ is not a cause of any physical or mental disease, despite claims from some purportedly scientific narratives; though it may make some previously hidden things more visible and possibly easier to fix. MJ is like a spice of spices or qualified tourism, certain knowledge, cultural context and practice is of utmost importance to get the most positive effects. Overall, handling MJ properly is easier, less dangerous and causes less problems than driving a car; while given some time, allows for healing of many ailments. Dealing with overconsumption / advice - start small in a safe context, like with mostly everything, oftentimes less is more. Want to learn to swim? - postpone the English Channel for a local pond. Practice shows, that overconsumption of MJ is mostly self correcting. I don't believe anyone should be excluded from the gift of MJ.
I suppose Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome does not count? I love the plant probably more than most, but like most things -- it has it's good parts and it's parts.
(MJ is an ancient medicine, it can't and won't cause any disease; proper use is a remedy for many)