But it does cause you to murder you friends and family, right?

No no, It causes you to plot world domination and to take down the global economy causing misery and poverty to everyone.

ok..ok... but will it make me more likely to have group sex with strangers?

No, again, I'm afraid not. Sorry. Really Sorry.

It has however now been definitively proven to have caused global warming.

More the fault of the article's author than the science but there is no sensible comparison between marijuana and aspirin.

If people took aspirin recreationally, then it would make sense.

I think he was only using aspirin as an example of a naturally-derived, mostly-safe drug that loads of people take every day, without ill-effect, to bolster his claim that marijuana is similar in (lack of) toxicity, no matter the psychedelic effect.

I don't think his findings meant to compare the two drugs' "indications" to prove his point that they are both relatively benign, for most people to use.

Cannabis wasn't banned because it was unsafe. It was banned because it was a financial threat to a couple large industries.

And now the fact that it's illegal is a huge money maker for the Criminal "Justice" System.

I disagree, I think that aspirin was compared to cannabis because it is a "wonder drug" that "cures" so many ailments.

yes.

Maybe we need to agree to disagree, but calling something "safer than aspirin" implies that you're talking about the safety (potential toxicity) of the drug, not its purported beneficial properties. Aspirin has long been considered a mild analgesic. Key word being "mild."

Like if you said "Rollerblading, with proper safety attire, is statistically hardly more dangerous than riding a bike in the park."

You aren't commenting on which one is more fun, or more helpful, or "more likely to catch on." "Safer than aspirin" does not equal "more beneficial than aspirin."

Pretty much the entire article is about marijuana's safety, not its status as a "wonder drug," nor does it label aspirin with the same moniker.