tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post5320885459576274324..comments2024-03-27T13:25:58.065-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: A new bookmarkCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-28665038089150646122011-04-14T11:03:19.465-04:002011-04-14T11:03:19.465-04:00True, the discussion of the whole marijuana/schizo...True, the discussion of the whole marijuana/schizophrenia thing has been alarmist and distorted -- not just here but pretty much everywhere. <br /><br />Still, even if there's a clunker, I find it a good, serious publication.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-62447797202138063172011-04-13T09:27:42.012-04:002011-04-13T09:27:42.012-04:00The article “Marijuana use hastens onset of schizo...The article “Marijuana use hastens onset of schizophrenia” from that mag, the only one I read,<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/6jvtrs6<br /><br />was terrible. (I couldn’t access the original paper, data.) <br /><br />Absolutely awful, a hodge podge of ‘risk’, muddled underlying correlations mistaken for causation, empty blanket statements, ‘suspicions’ voiced by ‘authorities’, an emphasis on genetics at odds with the main thrust, lack or relevant comparisons (alcohol, economic status, etc.), dubious principles (e.g. adolescence is a critical time for brain development -?), with weak conclusions based on the data (using mary-j hastens onset of Schizophrenia, by more than a year, well, so?) and unwarranted pseudo-scientific pronouncements - “marijuana as a potential risk factor for schizophrenia” has not been publicized.. <br /><br />In short a regular hit piece on mary-j, “drugs” (drugs illegal in the US), let’s have more crack down, as there are ‘potential’, ‘proven’ risks, for ‘genetically vulnerable’ ppl. An exemplar of very worst, the pits, of popular science reporting.<br /><br />(i am not a user of fan of marijuana and have no stake pro or for that matter contra.) <br /><br />AnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com