My opinion is that marijuana will affect you however you think it will. Had these people in the studies been told it just makes you relax and eat too much, the studies would probably have turned out much differently.
This book goes into lots of great detail and it discusses a 5000-year history of cannabis, citing a lot of studies and includes lots of data and charts. BUT, it doesn't mention "Reefer Madness" and the anti-marijuana propaganda of the United States 1930's and 40's. In my opinion, most of the research that the book cites in the 60's and 70's need to be taken with a grain of salt. People who were participating in these studies had been essentially told that marijuana will make you lose your mind and go crazy. So I believe a lot of them 'acted out' the way they believed it would affect them.
My opinion is that marijuana will affect you however you think it will. Had these people in the studies been told it just makes you relax and eat too much, the studies would probably have turned out much differently.
- President Dwight Eisenhower