Comments on: What medical emergencies?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:20:18 +0000

I have an idea for a story. How about analyzing the claim that increased potency = increased harm? Do you think that connection is obvious? Because it isn’t. What an interesting premise for a report: “Government claims increase in potency as part of scare-tactic, suggests un-founded claim of a corresponding increase in harm.” Even better: if it wouldn’t be too painful, maybe you could be slightly more, I don’t know, ‘critical’ of the information handed out by the ONDCP and NIDA regarding marijuana. Maybe you could look at the actual studies, rather than the press reports! I know that might be difficult, but I think you can do it. I believe that someone, somewhere in the world media still has some concept of journalistic integrity.

By: Steven Squires

Steven Squires — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:54:07 +0000

This is great, but what’s the point of even mentioning the medical emergencies when it has nothing to do with the rest of the article? The article is about the potency of the latest marijuana, not about any sort of relation between ER visits and marijuana. I just don’t see how it’s relevant to the article, other than to somehow many marijauna tangental to this idea of an emergency. It is still flawed, in my opinion.

Thank you,
Steven

By: ad

ad — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:44:53 +0000

Charlene,
You theory is highly disputable, chiefly because most of the weeders don’t own a car. Of course by car crashes, if you meant car on person accidents you might have a point.

By: G. ray haire

G. ray haire — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:16:27 +0000

Where do you get your statistics, Charlene? NIDA? Show me where I can find anything to substantiate your claim:

“Given the immense number of car crashes caused by people who are high on weed (almost as many as those caused by alcohol, which is more easily available), I dont see what the problem is with this quote.”

You’ve obviously been gobbling up the propaganda and sending your common sense on vacation.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:41:57 +0000

Given the immense number of car crashes caused by people who are high on weed (almost as many as those caused by alcohol, which is more easily available), I don’t see what the problem is with this quote. *Of course* it can cause medical emergencies, as any mind-altering substance can if taken at the wrong time.

Weed may not be the evil the drug czars paint it as, but it sure isn’t the always-harmless perfect substance some assume it is.

By: G. ray haire

G. ray haire — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:54:59 +0000

The explanation should have been in the lead paragraph, which would essentially make the report a non-story.

I’m certain that aspirin is mentioned much more often than marijuana by ER patients. Let’s link aspirin use with medical emergencies.

If you want to do a story. Investigate NIDA and its unscientific studies on marijuana. Check out the footnotes, and you’ll find that the facts have been twisted or taken out of context.

Check out the methodology used in each of the studies.

If you’ll check emergency room records, you’ll find that more people have died of a water overdose than a marajuana OD. No One has ever ODed on pot.

By: Joel Rosenau

Joel Rosenau — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:30:43 +0000

This article was probably taken straight off of an Office of National Drug Policy press release. Very despicable and reprehensible propaganda released by my government the day after the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch hearings which also involved false propaganda intentionally created by and released by my government.