Cannabis research is fantastic, and cannabis science is really cool. And it looks like we still need a lot more of both, because right now, results from cannabis studies leave a lot to be desired. Some of them can even be touted by prohibitionists who—surprise, surprise—don’t take all the information into consideration.
That’s the case with a series of ongoing studies recently reported on by NPR’s Morning Edition, which interviewed Matthew Springer, a biologist and cardiology professor at the University of California, San Francisco. In the most San Francisco thing ever, Dr. Springer found inspiration at a Paul McCartney concert at AT&T Park, coming to the realization that the people lighting up during the show weren’t smoking cigarettes, but rather—weed! In San Francisco, at a Paul McCartney concert. You’re ruining it for the rest of us, hippies!