I hate to do this, but it's important to remember how science works. No single study proves anything - on its own it is a statistical anomaly in either direction it goes. If there are 10 studies showing a link, and 1 study showing no link, the bulk of evidence still shows that there is a link. If there are 10 studies showing a link and 100 studies showing no link, the bulk of evidence shows there is no link. Science works hand-in-hand with the law of large numbers to eventually get a really good idea of where the truth lies, but it requires tons of studies to be done to know for sure.
So, it sounds like we need more studies to be done to see which side of the ballpark reality is on.
I also hate to do this, but what you say isn't strictly true.
A study is probably conducted in an effort
to prove something. Or at the very least to expose correlation without dictating causation. So the conclusion of the case study includes what claims can ultimately be made (and to what level of accuracy, often the goal is to prove something), and the study itself offers examples of why and how that's the case. Science isn't about how many ways you can give examples, it's about finding the best one possible. Therefore if more scientific evidence exists in one study, then it is deemed more worthy of interest, and the more people that know about it without any conflict of idea, the more worthy it becomes until it is eventually adopted as fact. Then it can be used in examples for studies of other things. It's not about numbers per se, it's about documented reasoning. Therefore the only thing that matters is the quality of the science, and that's where you have problems due to the political nature of "marijuana".
So yes, more studies please, actual unbiased and professional studies. It's the most important reason laws should be lifted, we have a right to know - or as people on here should say, everyone else needs to learn!
A bit more OT:
I've used this stuff heavily, if I was doing any other med (or substance) at the same rate, I would be gravely ill. Everything has repercussion but on the whole a lot of people have shown it's quite safe.
A problem with addiction is it can blind the response to change, I don't think this applies so much with cannabis, but I think it does with tobacco. I've definitely been addicted to the action of smoking (mixed cones) but never to a cannabis high, it's always been a bonus. Maybe that's just me.
I would say, from what I've seen and what I've experienced, that if you eat, sleep and exercise regularly, vaping and even smoking, would have minimal effect on health. Although they make it harder to keep the balance and easily absorb more and more time. The habit slowly becomes more and more unhealthy as doses increase, and eventually less and less satisfying.
If you find the right balance, health won't need to be worried about, and that's kind of the ideal of medication. Supplementing those that need it, allowing them to live with this freedom. The meds we have on shelves today aren't about that so much, and alternative therapy would be recommended in a lot of cases, not all, by doctors if the relation is personal and not based off commission.
There won't be a good answer to what long term cannabis use does to any part of us for a long time, but in the mean time, look at the people who are on it; they look like a result of their lifestyle. When weed is a massive part of that, they're usually super chill and look like a smoker. Not bad. Some people can't handle the brain alteration and they go crazy. These people are not daily smokers, they might have been for 6 or 12 months, but they shouldn't have been and they knew. If you use it and it's working for you, the only reason to stop is negative social stigma. Don't let it get to you, people also rave about how safe it is, try it out for a year and you'll know if that's true for you. It will be, but only to a certain level and whether you can manage that.
