Whilst I agree with some of your points. You are being disingenuous. Or rather coming across as disingenuous.
You are concerned that ASA rules are broken by threads like these and that could be harmful for vulnerable people. But have no problem with a poster who has clearly mislead and outright lied, who claims starving yourself for almost 4 days is a proven way to improve health. Both are damaging to vulnerable people. It’s not only damaging if it breaks ASA rules. And at this point, whilst I suspect it, there’s no proof this was meant to be advertising. And many people who do take MJ called out the suspiciousness of the thread early on. But as of yet, we have no idea who the Op is or their motivation.
But you aren’t concerned about other equally damaging things are posted on this thread. Or elsewhere.
You keep going on about one poster who says they eat 600cals a day. But keep ignoring the fact that other posters keep claiming losing weight can be done by just XYZ which includes starving yourself for days and saying it’s scientifically backed up, when it’s not. Even when one poster blatantly misled people.
You get shot down when talking about the risks, not because no one believes it. But because several posters have made claims that aren’t actually true and can’t back them up. And the people claiming they know all about the risks clearly haven’t read the research. Unlike a lot of the people who are actually taking it who have read it and keep up to date on new findings.
People post of low carb, intermittent fasting, fasting, competitive under eating and all sorts of things. Even to the point of lying. But the concern is that this thread might break ASA rules? The concern is that something that’s helping obese people might be being misused. That it might be helping obese people, but we should prioritise other people instead.
There’s been nasty and rude comments like ‘come one tell me how you got fat eating apples’. That’s really damaging to people already struggling. But that’s not a concern?
If someone vulnerable with an eating disorder reads this thread, what are they more likely to do? Go on line and pay a load of money out to try and obtain a prescription drug illegally. Or decide they could starve themselves for almost 4 days a month for free. Cause a woman here claimed she did and claimed it was backed up by science.
You briefly mention people buying knock off stuff. That’s where vulnerable people are more likely to get it. That’s more likely to lead to complications and hospital admission. But that’s just a small concern.
Your concern is disingenuous because you only have problem with people who think using MJ was the right decision for themselves. When people have pointed out the horrific misinformation from people is disapprove of people using Mj you have ignored it. Your concern is not for vulnerable people. It’s not for people who might have an eating disorder and try and use it anyway.
If your concern was genuine you would equally appalled at what has been written here as ‘facts’ regarding diet. By posters who have been purposely misleading people to convince them fat loss is easy for everyone.