Posted on May 9, 2008 by Trevor Butterworth
Maia Szalavitz
The “Drug Czar’s” office released a new study today and according to USA Today and the Washington Post’s reading of it, teen marijuana use raises the risk of mental illness by 40 percent.
But what the report and the media failed to examine is the complexity of this connection. While the report admits that many [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2007 by Trevor Butterworth
Maia Szalavitz
Contrasting reports on a new “study” by Columbia’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse: why some readers were better served by journalistic skepticism… more
Originally
published August 16, 2007
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Posted on November 9, 2007 by Trevor Butterworth
Maia Szalavitz, Huffington Post
Another study hooks the media with predictable consequences… more
Originally published August 1, 2007
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Posted on November 9, 2007 by Trevor Butterworth
Maia Szalavitz
Watching the media cover marijuana is fascinating, offering deep insight into conventional wisdom, bias and failure to properly place science in context. The coverage of a new study claiming that marijuana increases the risk of later psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia by 40% displays many of these flaws… more
Originally published July 30, 2007
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