AllhandsOnHarry t1_j1eb7jj wrote on December 23, 2022 at 5:53 PM

Reply to comment by venomousbones in Study: Oral Cannabis Products Show Long-Term Safety and Efficacy in Patients by GivenAllTheFucksSry

Your perception is all that matters, though. Perception of pain is perception of pain? How much pain do you perceive while high? Less. Perception.

Hanifsefu t1_j1ffwo8 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 10:44 PM

I went in to look at the study that the article was based on. The results were essentially that there was a significant placebo effect in their double blind trials where people on placebos reported significant pain reduction. They also made a connection between usually high media attention on the subject to the significant placebo effects they observed.

They ultimate conclude there is a gap in the current research that needs to be filled by high-quality clinical trials before they can recommend it for pain relief.

It seems legitimate unfortunately but it still is just a call for more research on the subject which is exactly what it needs and that research will just give us a more complete picture on why it works.

AllhandsOnHarry t1_j1fider wrote on December 23, 2022 at 11:03 PM

Not sure how you could possibly have a placebo group for a psychoactive substance. Like you are 100% going to know if you got a large dose of thc.

Hanifsefu t1_j1g60s4 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 2:12 AM

Thankfully the world of science isn't limited to just your understanding otherwise we'd never be able to study anything.

"I don't understand it" is not even a real argument. That's just burying your head in the sand refusing to learn and assuming everything outside of your bubble of knowledge can't be true.

AllhandsOnHarry t1_j1gfh1j wrote on December 24, 2022 at 3:33 AM

What an incredibly rude reply. I honestly feel bad for you.

Fit-Anything8352 t1_j1flj9s wrote on December 23, 2022 at 11:27 PM

No it doesn't. By that logic religion (praying for less pain) is an effective pain relief technique. Drugs are classified according to their actual effects on people, not on people who convinced themselves to stop feeling pain independent of the drug with a placebo effect.