Great topic!
I worked in a legalizing clinic for 14 months and came upon this very thing during follow up appointments. We’re somewhat influenced to see a side effect as negative but “euphoria” can be a side effect for example.
This is really important also to clarify how people see cannabis as medicine.
Let’s say someone uses a 1:1 for an issue. It will have possible side effects of sedation, relaxation, euphoria, appetite stimulation etc etc.
One lady was using CBD oil for pain and on her 3 month follow up, she reported that it wasn’t hitting the pain yet but in the 2.5 months of using the oil, she didn’t have any irritable bowel issues at all! So, that’s a side effect. Gut healing or bowel movement regulation or something like that.
Also, we used to say that Cannabis has no side effects but if we’re to be honest about the true meaning of that word/term, it does have side effects and many of them.