[SamoyedFurFluff]

I don’t think you’re using conflict of interest correctly. You’re saying here the author has secondary motives, such as being sponsored by an anti-weed org or something, which they would have to disclose in their own section (as per basic academic standards).

You might want to instead if you want to criticize the research say the authors clearly have a personal agenda or bias.

[edgyquant]

This is par for the course. When anyone suggests that weed may not be beneficial to your health people who consume it tend to get very defensive.

[varispeed]

It is common for people working with addiction to demonise drugs, so that they can have stream of scared patients lined up.

[starkd]

I don't think they have any shortage of patients in rehab. There is already a steady stream of them. Rehab counselors are often former addicts just trying to help others live through what they did. It is not exactly a way to get rich.