Speaking of alternative facts, this report basically demonstrates the the DEA and NIDA have been promoting "alternative facts" about marijuana and cannabinoids for some time (even self-contradicting themselves by paying UMiss to grow marijuana for glaucoma patients).
One of the most surprising findings in this report for me was:<p><i>"There is moderate evidence of no statistical association between cannabis use and:
• Incidence of lung cancer (cannabis smoking)"</i><p>I thought it was pretty well established that inhaling any burning plant matter increased the chance of lung cancer. But I guess not.<p>Not surprising was:<p><i>"There is moderate evidence of a statistical association between cannabis use and:
• The impairment in the cognitive domains of learning, memory, and attention (acute cannabis use)"</i><p>and most worrisome was:<p><i>"There is substantial evidence of a statistical association between cannabis use and:
• The development of schizophrenia or other psychoses, with the highest risk among the most frequent users"</i>