There's a lot of good stuff in this article and I'm a big fan of cannabis as a medicine. However, the idea that stress is the ultimate cause of death does not go far enough. Stress is a symptom, not a cause. For stress to occur, a specific event or pattern of events must have taken place that has caused the stressed state to occur - as you stated with the events at birth, for example.

This might seem like splitting hairs, but it's really important, as in order to properly self heal, people need to pinpoint the precise root cause (or causes) of their stress related symptoms, which are specific life events or repeated themes. If this isn't done, then they are just looking for symptom treatments which might work for a while. Even using cannabis can just be a symptom treatment.

There's nothing wrong with doing this of course for relief and to give the perceptual benefits etc that you mentioned. However, if the root cause emotional event has not been addressed, it will show up again further down the line either as mental/physical symptoms coming back, or a new set.

I hope this makes sense and I fully agree that it's a great plant with many applications for mind and body healing.