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> this study is bullshit > Regular use of anything, particularly if it's mind altering, is likely to cause harmful long term effects Your argument that the st
by annexrichmond 6y ago
> this study is bullshit
> Regular use of anything, particularly if it's mind altering, is likely to cause harmful long term effects
Your argument that the study is bullshit is frankly no better.
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- dccoolgai 6y agoI think they pointed out that based on their experience, it's probably not even possible to separate correlation from causation cleanly and I think I agree. Even though I never smoked I spent a lot of time around people who did and I could have told you even at age 14 before they took their first puff that they were, on average, much more likely to exhibit some of the things the study listed as "findings" like "more likely not to have a job", etc.
- ogre_codes 6y agoThis is more or less the nugget. What makes a teenager year old seek out pot/ alcohol/ whatever. If a study about long term drug use doesn't address why people started smoking/ doing drugs, then a critical piece of the puzzle is missing.
- divbzero 6y agoI think GP’s underlying point is that the study is observational and can only determine correlation not causation.
- bawolff 6y agoI think he's trying to say the stronger statement that not only does correlation != causation, but he also believes there are known confounding factors that weren't accounted for.
- ogre_codes 6y agoThat's ok, it's not like I'm paid to do this.