Written by: Russ Hudson (Cannabis Chemistry Collection)

Edited by: Jacqueline Graddon, MBA (CFO, Cannabis Consultants Group)

Reviewed by: Christianson, Jesse, DNP, APNP, AGPCNP-BC (Founder & Formulator, Dr. Murse LLC | CannabisDNP); Schwabe, Anna, Ph.D. (CSO, True Cut Genomics); Hoyo, Mariana, M.D. (Medicina Integrativa & Endocannabinoide)

Introduction

The often-repeated claim that all cannabis use is medical is incorrect, libelous in spirit, and insulting to free-thinking cannabis users everywhere. However, this claim has gained rhetorical appeal in an industry shaped by prohibition, stigma, fragmented regulation, and decades of bad-faith moral panic. The “all use is medical” claim is also scientifically imprecise; cannabis use can be medicinal or therapeutic, but it can also be recreation, ritual, intoxication, pleasure, experimentation, boredom relief, social lubrication, sensory exploration, or simple adult enjoyment. There is nothing wrong with using cannabis solely for the fun or enjoyment of it.

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