Normally I want to respond to every report that suggests that cannabis has very few studies backing up its effectiveness to point out, “That’s because doing such a study was illegal for most of the past century.” But this time I’ll just say, “Point to a few approved drugs with ‘real benefits’ that aren’t ‘limited to only a few conditions.'”
A major review finds medical cannabis widely overestimated and potentially risky, with real benefits limited to only a few conditions.
Source: ScienceDaily
Not only were such studies “illegal” in a generic way, even scholarly researchers, that could getwaivers for conducting many kinds of “illegal” research (think dangerous pathogens or chemical warfare) couldn’t get even modest, reasonable studies approved. It was pathological.