XPost: uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs, alt.community   
   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article <4a72af81$0$17326$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.com>,   
    Day Brown  wrote:   
      
   > > Well I guess 30 years in a psych hospital in one of the blackspots for   
   > > drug use in the uk, and seeing the effects MIGHT be a good indicator.   
   > > I doubt he was bullshitting for any good reason.   
   > The good reason is group think in the profession if he knows what is   
   > good for his career.   
   > > Presumably HE sees a correlation and thats good for me.   
   > That's not a double blind study. He does not have a control group.   
      
   It's anecdotal "evidence", told retrospectively. He doesn't see the   
   people who don't have problems. Basing an opinion on retrospective data   
   from putatively normal people is bad enough, from people with problems   
   severe enough to cause commitment to a mental hospital is bonkers. Being   
   around crazy people is, in general, not good for one's mental health.   
      
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