"Legalize eet mon" the ongoing series: In which the "scientists" are blamed, yet again, for the failings of journalism.

The pot legalization folks are at least as organized as the MDMA advocates in attacking any and all science findings which might counter their firmly held beliefs. In fact one might assume that holding one’s fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion trumps some aging ex-GratefulDead-spouse [no permanent link so this may disappear]. Agent (provocateur) PhysioProf put me on the latest scent of drug-abuse science denial. In this case from one Bruce Mirkin, communications director of the Marijuana Policy Project has a screed on the “Latest Anti-Pot Quack Science” up on Alternet. He’s ticked about:

Recent weeks have seen a rash of new studies of marijuana hitting the mass media, generating scary headlines like “Smoking Pot Rots Your Gums,” “Cannabis Bigger Cancer Risk Than Cigarettes” and “Pot Withdrawal Similar to Quitting Cigarettes. Most of this coverage can be boiled down to a fairly simple equation:
Flawed science + uncritical reporting = misinformation.

“Flawed” science? Flawed science? We’ll see about that after the jump.

“Legalize eet mon” the ongoing series: In which the “scientists” are blamed, yet again, for the failings of journalism.

The pot legalization folks are at least as organized as the MDMA advocates in attacking any and all science findings which might counter their firmly held beliefs. In fact one might assume that holding one’s fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion trumps some aging ex-GratefulDead-spouse [no permanent link so this may disappear]. Agent (provocateur) PhysioProf put me on the latest scent of drug-abuse science denial. In this case from one Bruce Mirkin, communications director of the Marijuana Policy Project has a screed on the “Latest Anti-Pot Quack Science” up on Alternet. He’s ticked about:

Recent weeks have seen a rash of new studies of marijuana hitting the mass media, generating scary headlines like “Smoking Pot Rots Your Gums,” “Cannabis Bigger Cancer Risk Than Cigarettes” and “Pot Withdrawal Similar to Quitting Cigarettes. Most of this coverage can be boiled down to a fairly simple equation:
Flawed science + uncritical reporting = misinformation.

“Flawed” science? Flawed science? We’ll see about that after the jump.

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