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To: Red in Blue PA
"Scientists cannot rule out that pre-existing conditions could have led to both marijuana use and later psychoses, he added."

In other words, more Junk Science.

5 posted on 07/27/2007 5:28:53 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie

There just might be some truth to this story.

6 posted on 07/27/2007 5:33:37 AM PDT by Long Island Pete
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To: Wolfie
In other words, more Junk Science.

I wonder how much "Palmie" tax money was spent on this "study"?

7 posted on 07/27/2007 5:40:22 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Made in China: Treat those three words like a warning label)
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To: Wolfie
In how many deaths has alcohol been determined to be the cause of death? 
In how many deaths has marijuana been determined to be the cause of death?

What percentage of people that consume alcohol die from it?
What percentage of people that consume marijuana die from it?

What's the ratio of people that act out violently under the influence of alcohol? 
What's the ratio of people that act out violently under the influence of marijuana?

Who should decide what a person puts or doesn't put into their body, the individual or the government?

10 posted on 07/27/2007 5:45:18 AM PDT by Zon (Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
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To: Wolfie
"Scientists cannot rule out that pre-existing conditions could have led to both marijuana use and later psychoses, he added." . . . In other words, more Junk Science.

Well, that's a quite a bit too strong a statement. The authors found correlation but, as scientists, they noted (correctly) that correlation does not mean causation. To establish causation would require a controlled experiment which, for this question, would not be possible. So the authors properly note that causation could be a chain of causation different than pot -> crazy. Causation could be, for example,

Defective Brain Wiring -> Pot Use and
Defective Brain Wiring -> Crazy.

That would make Pot and Crazy correlated but not causative. That's all the authors said.

So this is NOT junk science. It is scientists doing their job by noting the limitations of their study.

26 posted on 07/28/2007 2:27:57 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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