Pubdate: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 Source: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) Copyright: 2005 Allied Press Limited Contact: http://www.odt.co.nz/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/925 Author: George Henderson Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) CANNABIS STUDY THE Christchurch health and development study that found that daily users of cannabis had rates of psychotic symptoms that were 1.6 to 1.8 times higher than for non-users needs to be considered in context. Without knowing the figures, it seems certain that daily users of other tranquillisers have a much higher rate of psychotic symptoms. Using this logic, one could say that anti-psychotics cause schizophrenia. There is simply no attempt being made to separate cause and effect here. These figures could easily be a measure of cannabis effectiveness as an anti-psychotic. After all, no-one is saying that cannabis causes pain or glaucoma, but if prejudice ran that way it could easily be confirmed by measuring the rate of these illnesses in daily smokers. George Henderson Northeast Valley - --- MAP posted-by: Beth