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01-30-2008, 09:30 PM #1
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1 joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes.
It's sad that Fox news isn't honest enough to really look at this study and report on it honestly. Studies like this give a really bad name to real scientists. The methodology on it is some of the worst I've seen in a while.
First, this is a population study. In order to accurately conduct a population study you need a large enough sample group to ensure that your sample at least approximates the whole population. 79 people doesn't even come close to a proper sample size.
Second, he has no control group. All of the people studied already have lung cancer. Where are the healthy people? How many of them smoked weed and didn't get cancer?
Quite frankly, this study isn't worth the paper it's written on.Help_Needed Reviewed by Help_Needed on . 1 joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes. Fox news posted a story today about marijuana being much more harmful than cigarettes...personally, I find it hard to believe. Here is the story. Any thoughts/comments would be great. _______________________________________________ Smoking marijuana is far more dangerous than smoking cigarettes, according to a group of scientists in New Zealand. The researchers found that smoking one joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer. While studies in the past have shown Rating: 5
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