i enjoyed reading your post. i'd love to know more about this "going clear". in my case, i have noticed that if you persist with cannabis inspite of the anxiety..u somehow come out on "top" ie solve the problem causing anxiety.
yes there are no side effects. i have cold turkeyed twice (once when actually in turkey). and nothing bad happened. even AI was telling nothing bad wud happen. but im usually a light user. say 4 joints a day with 4 grains of # in each.