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Are we seriously calling medicinal cannabis "plant medicine" now and trying to hide what it actually is? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Lafari@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Saw an ad on YouTube for this service saying something like "if you've experienced chronic pain for a long time with no improvement, "plant medicine" might be right for you.". So I checked it out. The website continually says "plant medicine" and doesn't specify at all wtf that actually means. Until I saw wording that very much indicates they're talking about medicinal cannabis without actually saying what it is. I couldn't find one mention of what they actually mean by plant medicine. Then looked up Alternaleaf Reddit and it's a cannabis dispensary. Why can't they just be honest about what they're selling? That seems so stupid, sketchy and deceptive to me.

Not only that, but trying to have a monopoly over plant medicine as a given that plant medicine means medical weed seems really problematic. There are lots of other kinds of plant medicine, and a Google search shows it's more commonly understood as a general term for herbal medicine.

Lastly, I think trying to peddle this to unwitting consumers who have no idea what they're actually selling is harmful considering that cannabis isn't always a solution and can destroy lives, even if it's used medicinally.

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[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

If it were federally legalized they wouldn't have to use alternate language and/or the FCC could require certain terminology when producing ads.

[–] Pyro@pawb.social 8 points 10 months ago

It probably links to it being illigal at the federal level still so ada would have to be sly about it.

[–] neptune@dmv.social 3 points 10 months ago

Yep. It's the wild west for a new industry.