| Dr. Zarkov 2005-04-28, 8:49 am |
| Clough wrote:
> "Dr. Zarkov" <Ming@Mongo.com> wrote:
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> But you have forgotten that this is an old review, from 1997.
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> Scince then the latest research has proven that cannabis is 647 times
> more powerful and causes schizophrenia.
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> In a decade or two when this latest research has been discredited, you
> can be sure that some new latest research will pop up proving dangers
> we didn't previously know about.
You're just confirming my previous charge: Prohibitionists present
unsubstantiated charges, lies, distortions, and half-truths; when these
are refuted, the prohibitionists come up with more. Eventually they can
even claim that the studies showing no harm are now outdated.
And 1997 is not "old." Many of the best studies on drugs and many other
things date from long before that. Facts are facts; they do not become
false with age.
It's worth repeating Morgan and Zimmer's comment:
"The National Institute on Drug Abuse funds research to find harm from
marijuana...then disseminates the findings. Very modest findings are
presented as "significant." Statistical associations...are used to
imply a causal relationship. Studies showing no effect--or a positive
effect related to marijuana--are ignored completely."
--John Morgan, MD, Lynn Zimmer, PhD. _Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts_,
New York: Lindesmith Center, 1997.
http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/
http://www.5medicines.com/cannabistruth.htm
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