There are hundreds of different strains of weed all with different healing benefits, not side effects. There are strains that cause the munchies, as you put it, and those strains help people with nausea and eating disorders. I know women who ingest weed while pregnant because they cannot eat or hold any food down, babies are perfectly healthy. Sadly, in America there is so much disinformation about the marijuana plant and instead of people doing their own research, they just go along with whatever bull the government tells them. They rather get doped up on the real drugs, which is making a select few very rich, and a lot of people very sick. How many times have you heard of someone coming into a hospital with a weed overdose or addiction? Research the "side effects" of both OTC and prescription meds then tell me what's more shocking. :-)