Scientists don't fully agree because the process is more complex than just blocking pain in the brain; it involves the body's own cannabinoid system. And the liver danger? Your liver uses a finite supply of a protective chemical called glutathione to safely break it down. Take too much, and that supply runs out, leaving a toxic byproduct to kill liver cells.
I know this because a doctor drew the diagram on my discharge papers, next to my elevated enzyme counts. The argument wasn't abstract in the ICU—it was the sound of my father's sander stopping in the evenings, because worry made his hands shake too much to work.
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