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mpledger

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:31:46 +1200

I still haven't read the paper ... but in terms of evidence on the effect of cannabis the study is pretty low grade because it's an *observational* study. The people themselves *choose* to use cannabis and a lot of that choice isn't so much about need but about other characteristics…

Dennis Frank

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 12:55:19 +1200

From a sceptics point of view, such findings do show that there's no universal panacea effect – but there rarely is with medications anyway. Media organisations have to spin a contraversial headline out of a story somehow, so not surprising when we get an over-dramatised & over-generalised summary appearing. It would…

mpledger

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:48:21 +1200

I haven't read the study but I suspect there is some reverse causation going on. As the pain gets worse people starting using cannabis rather than cannabis has no effect on bad pain.

I talked to a medical professional who had a close relative die of cancer. This person who…

andin

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:03:04 +1200

widely reported under headlines like
Saw all that and wondered if some journos were having an A Ha! See! moment. When finding information that reinforced their prejudices, or the editors, or something...
Good to know the basis of the study Ta.

Public Address

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:03:04 +1200

Discussion from blog post.