[aarmenaa]

I presume the uptick I've noticed of "weed is really bad, actually" articles filling my news feed and social media is a response to the imminent classification changes in the US in an attempt to sway public opinion. I can only assume this is being driven by parties with ill intent, who prefer the status quo of using the phrase "I smell weed" to end-run constitutional protections against search and seizure, allowing unequal enforcement of the law, and selling less effective but more expensive treatments for ailments cannabis is known to be effective for.

[datavirtue]

This is an active topic of conversation in the law enforcement community. The changes and adaptations of not being able to catch criminals using the illegality of weed as probable cause.

[Teever]

That sounds fascinating. Can you provide any links to online discussion about this? I would love to be a fly on the wall.

[3vidence]

Not necessarily a counterpoint but as an HN lurker in Canada I have also been seeing these articles popping up, but, in Canada Cannabis is already essentially completely legal.

You could also interpret this by saying that the legalization of cannabis is allowing researchers to actually study its effects more widely in clinical environments.

If they are indeed finding extra symptom not previously known I think it's something the public should know about.

[tbrownaw]

People incorrectly saying "hey this fun thing has no downsides" seems like less of a problem if the thing is illegal and staying that way.