"Paranoia, hunger, easily-triggered sense of humor" symptoms? Paranoia like what Percocet does? The primary doctor prescribed pain killer after surgery, etc.? Or do you mean the paranoia and hallucination inducing nerve drugs they gave my wife? She was seeing people standing in our house watching her, a shadow in the corner, and a blood covered man standing next to the bed. Are those drugs okay because a doctor gave them?
I mean... wow, cannabis sounds absolutely horrible. Sheesh! /sarc
I'm not saying pot is worse than other drugs, especially synthetic ones. But the OP is entirely one-sided in regards to its effects.
Hunger and laughing easily are pretty horrible side effects. haha
The stuff literally saved my wife's life, so I'll admit I'm biased. She NEVER had paranoia from it either. I'm not sure where that side effect idea is coming from. Maybe people are getting it laced with something.
We are not enemies here either and are mostly on the same side. :) It's my meat sack, right? Let me do with it what I wish.
Do as you wish. My objection here is not about marijuana per se. It's about the OP's hagiographic presentation of it.
And I got the paranoia bit from family members who have done it and told me what it does to them, so yeah, maybe it doesn't happen for everyone. Never touched the stuff myself.