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In the discussion thread: Marijuana Use Doubles Risk Of Stroke [View all]

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 01:37 PM

Orrex (36,830 posts)

19. Without addressing any of the dubious claims of the article...

It's always fun to watch DU leap into action any time someone suggests that marijuana is anything less than a 100% pure good.

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116 replies	Author	Time	Post
Marijuana Use Doubles Risk Of Stroke [View all]	Redfairen	Feb 2013	OP
Maybe it's from the	EC	Feb 2013	#1
I don't think pot does it either	sakabatou	Feb 2013	#11
"This is the first case-controlled study to show a POSSIBLE...	DonViejo	Feb 2013	#59
This study does no such thing	EC	Feb 2013	#74
They'll need to repeat this at least 5 years after the death of the twinkie. n/t	2on2u	Feb 2013	#106
Right ...	bemildred	Feb 2013	#2
Control group was 160 stroke victims	maxsolomon	Feb 2013	#46
Complete horseshit, misuse of math, and such idiocy is common as dirt. nt	bemildred	Feb 2013	#47
^^^This.	TroglodyteScholar	Feb 2013	#109
Thank you. It is propaganda, and nothing else.	bemildred	Feb 2013	#110
That's what I was wondering. If 91.9% didn't smoke weed, how is weed increasing the risk?	arcane1	Feb 2013	#64
Not even that many.	Moosepoop	Feb 2013	#71
I contemplated that sentence.	maxsolomon	Feb 2013	#75
It's probably not a misstatement	Moosepoop	Feb 2013	#80
The OP link is confusing. Better link to the study at webmd	Gormy Cuss	Feb 2013	#81
Thank you for the link.	Moosepoop	Feb 2013	#92
Note that it was a comparison group, not a control group.	Gormy Cuss	Feb 2013	#94
Who paidfor the study	lsewpershad	Feb 2013	#90
Big Pharma, who else....makers of TBI/Stoke drugs that do nothing....nt	kooljerk666	Feb 2013	#100
Been tokin' daily for 41 years (started at 17)	AAO	Feb 2013	#49
Yep. We've been running the experiment here now for 40-50 years.	bemildred	Feb 2013	#91
from the link:	DisgustipatedinCA	Feb 2013	#3
And that's why the link is BS.	sakabatou	Feb 2013	#13
"Barber believes that it is cannabis and not the tobacco that is causing the increased risk"	think	Feb 2013	#4
Inhaling concentrated particulate matter into your lungs is unhealthy. Period. nt	onehandle	Feb 2013	#5
That's my question. How about those who consume marijuana in food or drink?	Moonwalk	Feb 2013	#18
And that would be another problem with this study	me b zola	Feb 2013	#22
It specifically says smoking.	onehandle	Feb 2013	#36
But vaping does completely alter the physiological effects n/t	me b zola	Feb 2013	#41
I would imagine that it's safer than inhaling burning matter. nt	onehandle	Feb 2013	#45
Wrong.	bitchkitty	Feb 2013	#88
mat·ter [mat-er] noun	onehandle	Feb 2013	#93
Concede your point.	bitchkitty	Feb 2013	#113
Like diesel fumes. nt.	Starboard Tack	Feb 2013	#53
So eat hemp & get outside, don't be a couch potato.	patrice	Feb 2013	#6
If only	MissNostalgia	Feb 2013	#17
Be very careful	NICO9000	Feb 2013	#24
Here's a prime	yesphan	Feb 2013	#39
Actually, I was referring to the non-psychotropic strain of Hemp commonly called Industrial	patrice	Feb 2013	#48
You might be referring to the seeds, because hemp the leafy plant is a negligible protein source.	kestrel91316	Feb 2013	#52
Well, there are hemp powders, which don't have the texture of the seeds at all. I do buy	patrice	Feb 2013	#61
There is still a bit of snowboarding season left! ... eom	Kolesar	Feb 2013	#72
The study brought to you by Phizer and Anheiser Busch	Floyd_Gondolli	Feb 2013	#7
You win the thread	me b zola	Feb 2013	#23
So, even if it becomes legal, I can't try it.	Deep13	Feb 2013	#8
Please look at the rest of the thread, this study was garbage	Kurska	Feb 2013	#101
And according to other studies, thats the exact same risk multiplier caused by alcohol.	phleshdef	Feb 2013	#9
"No it doesn't! I've smoked for 50 years and never had a stroke!"	Dreamer Tatum	Feb 2013	#10
ROFL...I'm a Legalize It guy, but you're so right	alcibiades_mystery	Feb 2013	#40
So you would like DU to only be populated with statistics majors...	ret5hd	Feb 2013	#56
There's a large difference of degrees between statistic majors and idiots.	LanternWaste	Feb 2013	#85
Stroke risk doubles after drinking alcohol.	valerief	Feb 2013	#12
Legalize it and let people decide for themselves.	NYC Liberal	Feb 2013	#14
From the little bit I've read on this	MynameisBlarney	Feb 2013	#15
Infuriating	moonlady0623	Feb 2013	#16
Yep, it's the usual lowest-common-denominator regression to an assumed average.	patrice	Feb 2013	#50
Without addressing any of the dubious claims of the article...	Orrex	Feb 2013	#19
I know!	bluedigger	Feb 2013	#27
I've never heard anyone claim it's "100% pure good"	tridim	Feb 2013	#31
I've never heard anyone claim it's "100% pure good" either.	Orrex	Feb 2013	#43
well, your hearing it now	RedstDem	Feb 2013	#51
Hell, I'm sold	Orrex	Feb 2013	#54
Does fairy dust shrink brain tumors?	tridim	Feb 2013	#62
Oh please	Scootaloo	Feb 2013	#104
I've never heard anyone claim it cures cancer.. That is just as bad as Reefer Madness.	tridim	Feb 2013	#108
No, as a matter of fact I really don't care	Scootaloo	Feb 2013	#112
This is particularly laughable:	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#37
Yeah but...	Johnny2X2X	Feb 2013	#20
I'd like to be a part of that study.	geardaddy	Feb 2013	#26
This proves we must consider this addictive narcotic to be as dangerous as Heroin	maxsolomon	Feb 2013	#21
Sounds like hogwash to me	NICO9000	Feb 2013	#25
"Marijuana smokers were more than twice as likely than ~healthy~ adults..."	tridim	Feb 2013	#28
LoL.	Democracyinkind	Feb 2013	#29
Not nearly the risk of stroke that posting bullshit articles cause.	devilgrrl	Feb 2013	#30
meh- -legalize it already	leftyohiolib	Feb 2013	#32
"These patients usually had no other vascular risk factors apart from tobacco, alcohol and	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#33
Was this a Repulican sponsored study???	Capt13	Feb 2013	#42
I love this part:	independentpiney	Feb 2013	#34
The "study" is of great value to those who get rich from Cannabis prohibition.	tridim	Feb 2013	#63
No kidding	nobodyspecial	Feb 2013	#79
ok....	mike_c	Feb 2013	#35
Another BS study to confuse the issue	Moral Compass	Feb 2013	#38
I think this study is bullshit	olddad56	Feb 2013	#44
these "studies" are released like clockwork	mitchtv	Feb 2013	#55
They don't call it "White Widow" for nothing	Ezlivin	Feb 2013	#57
Oooooooooh be afraid, be very afraid	Smilo	Feb 2013	#58
I call texas sharpshooter on this one	AngryAmish	Feb 2013	#60
What complete Crap!	Chakaconcarne	Feb 2013	#65
Lousy study is false.	RoccoR5955	Feb 2013	#66
Who would have thought that putting smoke into your lungs might affect your health?	randome	Feb 2013	#67
Even if this unsubstantiated claim were true, so what?	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2013	#68
Bath salts and potpourri quadruple the risk of homicidal behavior and cannibalistic tendencies.	Puzzledtraveller	Feb 2013	#69
BS, all the MJ smokers also smoked tobacco, the science is bunk.	Exultant Democracy	Feb 2013	#70
and who is paying his research bill...	SemperEadem	Feb 2013	#73
I doubt it.	Rider3	Feb 2013	#76
Happened to me in the early 80s	Blandocyte	Feb 2013	#77
One stroke over the line, sweet Jesus	Blue Owl	Feb 2013	#78
that is truly a pathetic assertion. why would someone even suggest that?	farminator3000	Feb 2013	#82
Marijuana protects your brain Studies reveal that MJ protects against brain damage from stroke	farminator3000	Feb 2013	#83
Liars....pure and simple. nt	jaysunb	Feb 2013	#84
so does meat	Enrique	Feb 2013	#86
Well, in that case...	KansDem	Feb 2013	#87
BULLSHIT!	bitchkitty	Feb 2013	#89
Complete Bullshit	obama2terms	Feb 2013	#95
I remain skeptical as I await other scientific studies to reproduce these results (or not).	eShirl	Feb 2013	#96
Yes but you die happy	magic59	Feb 2013	#97
Correlation is not causation. Can they PLEASE teach this day 1 of journalism school? n/t	hughee99	Feb 2013	#98
they just keep flogging the same horse...	easychoice	Feb 2013	#99
yes	otherone	Feb 2013	#105
'all but one of the stroke patients who were marijuana smokers also engaged in tobacco use'.	LeftishBrit	Feb 2013	#102
What they should do is have a scientific study.	Kalidurga	Feb 2013	#103
"Study Shows Possible Link Between Marijuana Use and Strokes"	FarrenH	Feb 2013	#107
so they do a drug test on stroke victims and only pot shows up? only 'drug' that will show up?	Sunlei	Feb 2013	#111
Their conclussions are ironclad:	AAO	Feb 2013	#114
WTF is the point of these studies when they never question the legality of alcohol?	Locut0s	Feb 2013	#115
Cannabis REDUCES the risk of a stroke...	CanSocDem	Feb 2013	#116

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