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Denver Post: Beginning to learn or more of the same?

02.28.21

DUID Victim Voices has been highly critical of the Denver Post’s inaccurate reporting, cheerleading for commercialization of psychotropic drugs like marijuana and ignoring its adverse consequences to Colorado citizens.  The Feb 28, 2020 editorial suggests they may be changing their tune.  Then again, maybe not.

The editorial was entitled: “Colorado should restrict the potency of marijuana concentrates, keep them away from teens.”  It recognized data from multiple peer-reviewed journals citing the link between psychosis and … READ MORE

Cannabis vs. Marijuana

01.07.21


Some in the marijuana lobby have pushed for adoption of the word “cannabis” rather than “marijuana” on the grounds that the word marijuana is pejorative or racist. Politicians have been early adopters of this to avoid being labeled a racist. The infamous MORE Act passed by the Democrats in the House of Representatives Dec 4 2020 mandated that cannabis be used in all US laws and regulations, replacing either marijuana or marihuana. At its December … READ MORE

Choose your favorite lie

12.06.20

The House of Representatives passed the MORE Act December 4, 2020.  Properly characterized as a marijuana legalization act by USA Today, Bloomberg, Yahoo and many others, CNN called it a marijuana decriminalization act in deference to its sponsors Kamala Harris and Jerry Nadler.  NBC went further, calling it a cannabis decriminalization act, since the act requires us to call marijuana by its currently politically correct name, cannabis.

Republican sponsor Matt Graetz of Florida commented, ““The … READ MORE

Not finding something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist

07.06.20

A favorite citation used by the marijuana lobby to promote the idea that marijuana doesn’t impair driving is one published in 2015 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (www.nhtsa.gov/behavioral-research/drug-and-alcohol-crash-risk-study).  And when the study is cited, the results are usually badly misquoted. 

 

Los Angeles Times: “Good news (?): marijuana doesn’t increase the likelihood of car crashes.”

USA Today: “New study shows no link between marijuana use and car accidents.”

Reason: “Landmark study finds marijuana … READ MORE

Deceptive statistical analysis

07.06.20

Two articles on the effect of recreational marijuana commercialization on traffic fatalities reached opposite conclusions in the June 22nd 2020 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.  Readers should understand the effect of study design differences before concluding that marijuana can be commercialized without an increase in traffic fatalities.

Kamer (doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1769) reported that traffic fatalities increased in both Colorado and Washington after commercializing recreational marijuana.  But Santaella-Tenorio (doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1757) found traffic fatality increased in Colorado but not in … READ MORE

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